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Accident Summary Nr: 913491 - EMPLOYEE DIES FROM EXPOSURE TO FUMES IN CONFINED SPACE

Accident Summary Nr: 913491 -- Report ID: 0552625 -- Event Date: 03/21/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108060930	03/22/1991	3312	0	National Steel Corp Great Lakes Div

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A CONFINED SPACE ABOVE THE CAST HOUSE FLOOR OF A BLAST FURNACE WITHOUT USING A CARBON-MONOXIDE-GAS DETECTOR, A STANDBY EMPLOYEE, OR A SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. AS A RESULT, HE WAS EXPOSED TO LETHAL CONCENTRATIONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE GASES. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, EMPLOYEE #1 DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION AS A RESULT OF THE OXYGEN BEING DISPLACED BY THE CARBON MONOXIDE GASES WITHIN THE CONFINED SPACE.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, VAPOR, CONFINED SPACE, PPE, WORK RULES, SCBA, TOXIC FUMES, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108060930			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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