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Inspection Information - Office: Ft. Lauderdale | ||||
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| Nr: 312146269 | Report ID: 0418800 | Open Date: 05/20/2008 | ||
| Florida Transportation Services Inc. | ||||
| Port Everglades Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 4412/Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight | ||||
| NAICS: 483111/Deep Sea Freight Transportation | ||||
| Mailing: Po Box 22696, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Health | Close Conference: | 11/07/2008 | |
| Close Case: | 06/15/2009 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 100680636 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $27,300 | $63,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $90,300 |
| Current Penalty | $6,300 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,300 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| Deleted | 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19180093 D | 11/07/2008 | 11/20/2008 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 | 12/01/2008 | J - ALJ Decision |
| Deleted | 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19180099 A | 11/07/2008 | 11/13/2008 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 | 12/01/2008 | J - ALJ Decision |
| Deleted | 3. | 01003 | Serious | 19180100 C | 11/07/2008 | 11/20/2008 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 | 12/01/2008 | J - ALJ Decision |
| Deleted | 4. | 01004 | Serious | 19180100 D | 11/07/2008 | 11/20/2008 | $6,300 | $6,300 | $0 | 12/01/2008 | J - ALJ Decision |
| 5. | 02001 | Serious | 5A0001 | 11/07/2008 | 11/28/2008 | $6,300 | $63,000 | $0 | 12/01/2008 | J - ALJ Decision | |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 200677334 | Event: 05/20/2008 | Three Employees Are Asphyxiated From Argon In Cargo Hold | ||||
| At approximately 2:15 a.m. on May 20, 2008, Employee #1, the supervisor, climbed down into the cargo hold of Bay 1 to verify a leak from a previously loaded argon tank. After approximately 15 minutes, the Port Captain observed that he was unconscious and requested that the cargo on top of the tank be removed in order to reach him. Employee #2 went into cargo hold to attempt a rescue of Employee #1, but gas immediately asphyxiated him. Employee #3 observed Employees #2 was suffocating and climbed down into the cargo hold to rescue him. The argon gas asphyxiated all employees. | ||||||
| Keywords: unconsciousness, asphyxiated, confined space, gas, containerized cargo, chemical | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 312146269 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Stevedores | ||
| 2 | 312146269 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Stevedores | ||
| 3 | 312146269 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Stevedores | ||