Accident Report Detail
Accident: 101665.015 - Employee Collapses In Oxygen Deprived Tanker Car And Is Kill
Accident: 101665.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 12/15/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1284443.015 | 12/15/2017 | Union Tank Car Company | |||||
At 9:00 a.m. on December 15, 2017, an employee was cleaning the excess oil from the bottom of a tanker rail car following a previous application of oil to prevent corrosion. The employee collapsed due to a 98% atmosphere of nitrogen being present inside the tank car. The employee was killed due to asphyxiation. | |||||||
Keywords:
railroad tank car, tank cleaning, nitrogen, asphyxiated
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | ||
1 | 1284443.015 | 53 | M | Fatality | Asphyxia |