Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14225916 - Employee Killed After Inhaling Freon
Accident: 14225916 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 01/17/1989 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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100423920 | 01/18/1989 | 1711 | Strang Mechanical | ||||
Employee #1, an air conditioning and heat pump service technician, was purging lines on related equipment utilizing Freon. He would allow air and Freon to exhaust into the atmosphere. Employee #1 had told a coworker that by smelling the exhaust lines he could distinguish distinct odors that told him when the system had been purged. Employee #1 became poisoned by Freon and died. | |||||||
Keywords:
construction, inhalation, freon, intoxicated, purging
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 100423920 | Fatality | Poisoning(Systemic) | Occupation not reported |