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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506869

INHALATION,PIPE,AIR LINE,RESPIRATOR,REPAIR,NATURAL GAS

Event
INHALATION,PIPE,AIR LINE,RESPIRATOR,REPAIR,NATURAL GAS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14506869
Report ID
830500

Event description

OVERCOME BY NATURAL GAS

Investigation abstract

ON APRIL 17, 1985, A CREW OF 4 EMPLOYEES WERE REQUIRED TO REPAIR A RUPTURED 10-I NCH LIQUID NATURAL GAS PIPE WHILE JUMPING IN AND OUT OF A TRENCH HOLDING THEIR B REATH. ONE EMPLOYEE PASSED OUT, AND A TOTAL OF 9 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE OVERCOME I N THE OXYGEN-DEFICIENT ATMOSPHERE. THERE WERE NO RESPIRATORS OR AIR LINES AVAILA BLE.

Victims (11)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #10 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #2 Hospitalized Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #3 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #4 Hospitalized Age 51 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #5 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #6 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #7 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #8 Hospitalized Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  10. #9 Hospitalized Age 49 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2150
    Task assigned
    1

  11. #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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