OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449771
ENRON GAS PIPELINE OPERATING CO.
LAKEVILLE, MN·
Event description
Employee dies when asphyxiated by natural gas leak
Investigation abstract
On Sunday, January 15, 1989, Employee #1 was sent to a regulator station that ha d been identified by the employer as Minneapolis I-P, to investigate a quality c ontrol monitoring equipment failure. A high pitched whistle was detected coming from the regulator building, a separate building. Employee #1 called the office at 12:20 p.m. for assistance. A responding technician found him at 1:00 p.m. in the regulator building. Apparently, Employee #1 entered the building to close a valve and isolate the gas leak, but was asphyxiated and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 2
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