OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516637
ZACK'S FAMOUS FROZEN YOGURT, INCORPORATED
SARASOTA, FL·
Event description
Employee dies from heart attack while inhaling nitrous oxide
Investigation abstract
On or about May 20, 1987, Employee #1, age 17, put a garbage bag filled with nit rous oxide gas over his head to intoxicate himself. He died of a heart attack re lated to the inhalation of the nitrous oxide. He had been working alone and was found on the floor of the storage room by an employee of a nearby shop. The gas was used by Zack's Famous Frozen Yogurt to whip cream, and the tank was still on when Employee #1's body was found.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1953
- Task assigned
- 2
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