Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 880591 - One employee dies, one ill from inhaling toxic gases

Accident Summary Nr: 880591 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 11/08/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107122491	11/10/1994	4953	0	Liquid Waste Management, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and his coworkers were cleaning the inside of a tanker truck used for the transport of sewage lagoon sludge. The employee entered the tank and was asphyxiated because he inhaled toxic gases. He died. A coworker, Employee #2, was hospitalized.

Keywords: TANK TRUCK, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, INHALATION, SEWAGE, SLUDGE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107122491			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	107122491			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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