Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 83859.015 - Employee is killed in fall from confined space

Accident Summary Nr: 83859.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 03/19/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1134289.015	03/21/2016		236220	Performance Contractors Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 19, 2016, an employee was checking an argon purge inside of a process vessel. The employee was overcome by an oxygen deficient atmosphere, and fell 10-feet to the platform below. The employee suffered from possible spinal injury from the fall, and asphyxiation and was killed.

Keywords: Argon, Asphyxiated, Fall, Oxygen Deficiency, Spine

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1134289.015	44	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:
2	1134289.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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