Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1596902.015 - Northrop Grumman Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Manassas (Regional Office) - Health 0355125

Inspection Nr: 1596902.015

Report ID: 0355125

Date Opened: 05/19/2022

Site Address:
Northrop Grumman Corporation
21834 Atlantic Boulevard Building 5
Sterling, VA 20166

Mailing Address:
2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 334511/ Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 05/19/2022

Emphasis: S:Fri

Case Closed: 11/09/2022

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 148226.015

Event: 05/19/2022

Employee dies from overexposure to Nitrogen gas

At 8:38 a.m. on May 19, 2022, an employee purged the Nitrogen lines of the battery freezers in a lab room and the freezers filled up with Nitrogen gas. The victim closed himself into one of the freezers, where he eventually died from the overexposure to Nitrogen gas and lack of oxygen.

Keywords: Freezer Compartment, Lack of oxygen, Nitrogen, Overexposure

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1596902.015	47	M	Fatality		Electrical and electronic engineers

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