OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14353031
DEGUSSA CORPORATION
THEODORE, AL·
Event description
Two employees die of asphyxia in railroad tank car
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a warehouse operator, dropped his safety glasses into the compartme er the tank air was tested and found to be at 14 percent oxygen. nt of a railroad tank car that was being filled with aerosol. The aerosol was bl own through a line by low pressure nitrogen gas. After Employee #1 notified cowo rkers and his supervisor, the material flow was turned off but not the gas. Wear ing a gas mask, Employee #1 entered the railcar through a manhole. He was overco me and fell to the bottom of the tank. Employee #2, his supervisor, entered the railcar in a rescue attempt but was also overcome. Two other employees wearing g as masks attempted an unsuccessful rescue. Coworkers who donned SCBA removed the two bodies. Neither Employee #1 nor Employee #2 could be revived. Two hours lat
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 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
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
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