Inspection Detail

Inspection: 107849614 - Amoco Production Company

Inspection Information - Office: Wyoming Department Of Workforce Services - Osha Division

Inspection Nr: 107849614

Report ID: 0855610

Date Opened: 09/09/1988

Site Address:
Amoco Production Company
Amoco Painter Complex
Evanston, WY 82930

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 829, Evanston, WY 82930

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1321

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/09/1988

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/14/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360608186

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 733717

Event: 09/08/1988

Employee dies in oxygen-deficient confined space

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on September 9, 1988, Employee #1, a part-time foreman, was sent to the top of a 146 foot high vessel to visually check the level of blown-in perlite insulation. A coworker, a laborer who had worked for the company for approximately 30 days, went with him. Two supervisors remained at ground level. Employee #1 and the coworker removed the manhole cover and were unable to see the perlite level. Employee #1 told the coworker not to tell anyone and then proceeded down into the vessel. The normal atmosphere had been displaced with 77 percent nitrogen. Employee #1 made it back to within four feet of the entrance point before he lost consciousness and fell back into the vessel. He was killed.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, CONFINED SPACE, CONSTRUCTION, NITROGEN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107849614					Occupation Not Listed

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