OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515290
TANK CLEAN OF AMERICA
HURON, OH·
Event description
ASPHYXIATED WHILE CLEANING THE INSIDE OF A TANK TRAILER
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 20, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND UNCONSCIO US INSIDE A TANK TRAILER. HE HAD BEEN CLEANING THE TANK, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY CO NTAINED A SUBSTANCE CALLED CATIONIC UNIPRIME. THIS MATERIAL IS WATER SOLUBLE AND CONTAINS GLYCOL ETHER DERIVITIVES. THE EMPLOYER HAD NOT INSTITUTED ANY KIND OF CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PROCEDURE. IT APPEARS THAT THE EMPLOYEE DIED FROM OXYGEN DE PRIVATION.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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