Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200212843 - Employee Is Killed While Working with Liquid Nitrogen

Accident Summary Nr: 200212843 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 10/30/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315098566	10/30/2010	1389	213112	Blowout Tools, Inc.

Abstract: On October 30, 2010, Employee #1, a production supervisor, had installed a liquid nitrogen jacket around the outside of the conductor pipe and was flowing liquid nitrogen in order to form a plug. Employee #1 was found by coworkers, collapsed in the hole. He was removed by his coworkers, but he had already died.

Keywords: LUNG, PIPE PLUG, ASPHYXIATED, VAPOR, NITROGEN, PIPE, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TOXIC FUMES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315098566			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors, production occupations

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