OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447528
TOBACCO PROCESSORS, INC.
WILSON, NC·
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia in tobacco chamber
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:15 p.m. on December 31, 1986, Employee #1 was found inside a chamber used for conditioning tobacco at Tobacco Processors, Inc. Three coworker s checked for a pulse but could not find one. When the rescue squad arrived at a pproximately 3:30 p.m., they checked Employee #1 with a Datascope monitor defibr illator, but found no signs of life. Shortly thereafter, the medical examiner ar rived and pronounced Employee #1 dead of asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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