OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001502
CITY OF INWOOD
INWOOD, IA·
Event description
2 EMPLOYEES KILLED WHEN EXPOSED TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 5:30 PM ON FEBRUARY 12, 1988, TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF INWOOD WERE FOUND, DEAD, BY THE CITY MAYOR, IN AN EFFLUENT MANHOLE BETWEEN THE TWO CITY LAGO ONS. THE EMPLOYEES HAD APPARENTLY BEEN OVERCOME BY HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS AFTER EN TERING THE MANHOLE. NO CONFINED SPACE PROGRAM WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY. NO AIR MONITORING EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE. NO VENTILATION EQUIPMENT WAS ON HAND.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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