OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14330393
DURA BOND CORPORATION
BERWICK, PA·
Event description
Employee killed when he asphyxiates in manhole
Investigation abstract
On August 12, 1987, Employee #1 entered a 25 ft deep by 4 ft diameter manhole al one to make preliminary plans for connecting a drain pipe to a sewer line. He wa s found dead the next day. Employee #1 had either died of asphyxiation from oxyg en deficiency or been suffocated by the pressure of unknown gases.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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