Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 946707 - Employee dies of asphyxia in oxygen-deficient pit

Accident Summary Nr: 946707 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/31/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18463844	01/01/1990	2257	0	Wales Fabrics

Abstract: Employee #1, age 20, entered an oxygen-deficient pit to retrieve a Teflon gasket that had fallen through a steel grated floor. After entering the pit and traveling approximately 15 feet, the employee collapsed and died of asphyxiation.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18463844	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Production samplers and weighers
2	18463844	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
3	18463844	Fatality	Asphyxia	Machinery maintenance occupations
4	18463844	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Miscellaneous textile machine operators
5	18463844	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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