Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201771706 - Employee Dies From Asphyxiation
Accident: 201771706 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 05/22/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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303396543 | 05/23/2002 | 2911 | Bently Nevada, Llc. | ||||
On May 22, 2002, Employee #1, a machinery maintenance man, entered a shed that was being purged of nitrogen gas. The shed consisted of metal instrumentation and measured approximately 8-feet long by 8-feet wide by 10-feet tall. A short time later, Employee #1 was discovered unconscious, lying on the shed floor. He was pronounced dead due to asphyxiation. | |||||||
Keywords:
maintenance, unconsciousness, asphyxiated, work rules, toxic atmosphere, inhalation, gas, nitrogen, overexposure, refinery
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 303396543 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Machinery maintenance occupations |