Accident Report Detail
Accident: 83859.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Confined Space
Accident: 83859.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 03/19/2016 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1134289.015 | 03/21/2016 | Performance Contractors Inc. | |||||
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 19, 2016, an employee was checking an argon purge inside of a process vessel. The employee was overcome by an oxygen deficient atmosphere, and fell 10-feet to the platform below. The employee suffered from possible spinal injury from the fall, and asphyxiation and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
oxygen deficiency, spine, fall, argon, asphyxiated
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 1 | 60 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1134289.015 | 44 | M | Fatality | Asphyxia | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: |
2 | 1134289.015 | 51 | M | Hospitalized injury | Other | Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: |