OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498455
ANHEUSER BUSCH INC
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN BEER FERMENTATION TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A BEER FERMENTATION TANK ALONE AND UNOBSERVED. HE WAS DISCOVERED LYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE TANK AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. HE DIED WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL. THE CORONER STATED THAT HIS REPORT WOULD INDICATE D EATH WAS BY NATURAL CAUSES. (A CORONARY ARTERIAL OCCLUSION.) CARBON DIOXIDE IS P RESENT DURING AND AFTER THE FERMENTATION PROCESS, BUT NO BLOOD/GAS TEST WAS DONE DURING THE AUTOPSY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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