Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 79500.015 - Employee Is Killed When Overcome By Unknown Substance

Accident Summary Nr: 79500.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 07/06/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1091523.015	07/07/2015		236210	Fluor Daniel Service Corporation

Abstract: At 11:45 p.m. on July 6, 2015, an employee and two coworkers were retrieving a balloon dam from a 48 inch line that failed. The employee entered the line and got to a double 90 to the lower section that was approximately 20 feet away. The employee was lowered down to the damaged balloon and was subsequently overcome by an unknown substance that caused him to become unconscious while climbing back to the upper level. The employee was killed from asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Confined Space, Unconsciousness

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		Maintenance or repair		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		120	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1091523.015	47	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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