OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449763
LANTZ LENSES, INC.
ST. CLOUD, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE OVERCOME BY FREON GAS IN CONFINED SPACE
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A 4.8 FEET DEEP FLOOR SUMP PIT TO CLE AR AWAY ACCUMULATED SLUDGE. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER HE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AT T HE BOTTOM OF THE PIT. A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE WAS PULLED FROM THE PIT HE APP EARED TO BE BREATHING. HE WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS DECLARED DEAD 1 1/2 HOURS LATER. FREON 113 VAPORS IN EXCESS OF 2800 PPM WERE FOUND IN THE PIT T HE NEXT DAY. CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PROCEDURES FOR THIS PIT HAD NOT BEEN DEVELOPED .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 16 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2485
- Task assigned
- 1
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