OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14533087
MAITLAND BROS. CO.
SAN JUAN, PR·
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia in barge tank
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned the job of removing the covers of various tanks aboard the barge Five Sisters. For some reason, he entered a tank that had an oxygen de ficient atmosphere. He died of asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- CARD-VASC/RESP FAIL. (12)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.