OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341168
PAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
Employee dies after inappropriate use of nitrous oxide
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning a hospital operating room. He is determined to have use d nitrous oxide for unauthorized recreational purposes, causing his death from a sphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1953
- Task assigned
- 2
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