OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14412118
E. I. DUPONT
LA PORTE, TX·
Event description
Employee collapses and dies
Investigation abstract
On June 2, 1989, while working on the third shift, Employee #1 and a coworker we re assigned the task of replacing a manway gasket on a reactor in the special pr oducts unit. They reported to the control room and received safety instructions. They started the job at about 2:40 a.m., and took a break between 3:15 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. The manway with the new gasket was being lowered into place when Empl oyee #1 started waving his hands to stop work and ran down the stairway. He coll apsed after entering the building, still wearing his SCBA. Several employees cam e to his aid, but could not revive him. He was transported by ambulance to the h ospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 4:45 a.m.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- CARD-VASC/RESP FAIL. (12)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC, NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM (7)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.