OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498653
PARKER INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC
BAYTOWN, TX·
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia while washing out sulfur unit
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 19, was working atop a sulfur conversion unit, washing out the interior with a hose that was stuck down an open manway. The unit was under a ni trogen purge and Employee #1 was later discovered in the bottom of the unit. He died of asphyxia. Employee #1 was working along and without respiratory protecti on was used. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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