Accident Report Detail
Accident: 83484.015 - One Employee Killed One Injured Due To Argon Gas
Accident: 83484.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/02/2016 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1129686.015 | 03/02/2016 | Placid Refining Co. Llc | |||||
At approximately 8:45 a.m. on March 2, 2016, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were removing bolts from a pump preparing it for removal. They donned airline respirators which were attached to a cylinder cascade system via a spider manifold and regulator to conduct the next task. The cylinder cascade system to which the masks were attached was argon and not grade D breathing air and both employees went down due to asphyxiation. Employee #1 died and Employee #2 was hospitalized with traumatic brain injury. | |||||||
Keywords:
respirator, asphyxiated, air line, argon, inhalation, brain, air line respirator, air contamination, respiratory
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1129686.015 | 21 | M | Hospitalized injury | Asphyxia | Millwrights | |
2 | 1129686.015 | 43 | M | Fatality | Asphyxia | Welders and cutters |