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Accident Summary Nr: 83484.015 - One employee killed one injured due to argon gas

Accident Summary Nr: 83484.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/02/2016
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1129686.01503/02/2016324110Placid Refining Co. Llc

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on March 2, 2016, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were removing bolts from a pump preparing it for removal. They donned airline respirators which were attached to a cylinder cascade system via a spider manifold and regulator to conduct the next task. The cylinder cascade system to which the masks were attached was argon and not grade D breathing air and both employees went down due to asphyxiation. Employee #1 died and Employee #2 was hospitalized with traumatic brain injury.

Keywords: Air Contamination, Air Line, Air Line Respirator, Argon, Asphyxiated, Brain, Inhalation, Respirator, Respiratory

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1129686.015 43 M Fatality Welders and cutters
2 1129686.015 21 M Hospitalized injury Millwrights

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