OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14233001
ASPHYXIATED,CONFINED SPACE,FIRE,WELDER,EXPLOSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED DUE TO ASPHYXIA
Investigation abstract
An employee was welding inside an asphalt tank. An explosion caused a fire and t he employee was trapped inside the tank. He died of asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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