OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14555528
UNIVERSAL CLEANING SERVICE, INC.
SAN DIEGO, CA·
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia in oxygen deficient ship tank
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a member of a tank cleaning crew, was entering ship spaces aboard t s. he USS Kitty Hawk without first measuring the oxygen content. He was in spaces 4 -149-3V and 8-149-9V when he lost consciousness and fell approximately 40 feet t o the bottom of space 8-149-9V. Employee #1 died of asphyxia. The oxygen content of space 8-149-9V was 7 percent, as measured with Draeger tubes. The oxygen con tent of space 4-149-3V was 15 percent, as measured with a MSA Miniguard II Oxy-C omb meter. Employee #1 had not been provided with any training or personal prote ctive equipment. His employer did not have an adequate training program, respira tor program, confined space procedures, or other related employee safety program
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- 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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