Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200781532 - Employee Died Of Asphyxiation
Accident: 200781532 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 01/12/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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303908594 | 01/17/2001 | 3449 | Turner International Piping Systems | ||||
An employee scrawled into a 24-inch OD steel pipe that had been purged with argon gas before the pipe was purged with air adequately. The employee died of asphyxiation. | |||||||
Keywords:
asphyxiated, confined space, pipeline, pipe, purging
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 303908594 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |