OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385016

149896 - KNAPHEIDE TRUCK EQUIPMENT COMPANY MIDSOUTH

MIDLAND, NC· 2021-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Air Line Respirator, Asphyxiated, Lack of oxygen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Oxygen Deficiency, Respirator, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract
NAICS: 811121
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345489199
Employer profile: 149896 - KNAPHEIDE TRUCK EQUIPMENT COMPANY MIDSOUTH
Summary number: 221385016
Report ID: 0453730

Event description

Employee is killed by lack of oxygen when respirator line is

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on August 19, 2021, an employee utilized an airline respirator which was attached to a nitrogen line. The employee died from lack of oxygen.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Event type
8

Occupation code
999

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