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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14233001

ASPHYXIATED,CONFINED SPACE,FIRE,WELDER,EXPLOSION

Event
ASPHYXIATED,CONFINED SPACE,FIRE,WELDER,EXPLOSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14233001
Report ID
316700

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

  1. #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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