OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221416928

U.S. TSUBAKI AUTOMOTIVE, LLC

CHICOPEE, MA· 2021-12-06T00:00:00

Event: AIR MONITORING, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, ENTRY PERMIT, FURNACE, INHALATION, INSTALLING, LACK OF OXYGEN, LUNG, MISJUDGEMENT, MISJUDGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS SITUATION, OXYGEN, OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, PERMIT, TRAINING, UNAUT
NAICS: 336310
Inspection type: Unprogrammed Related
Activity number: #345672935
Employer profile: U.S. TSUBAKI AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
Summary number: 221416928
Report ID: 0112600

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIES OF ASPHYXIA AFTER ENTERING CONFINED SPACE

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on December 6. 2021, an employee was waiting for a gas monitor befo re entering a retort furnace being installed. The furnace is the permit-required confined space due to the potential for the prescence of a hazardous atmosphere . The narrative does not indicate if the employee received the meter or entered the space without testing, but he did enter when the atmosphere was oxygen defic ient, and he died of asphyxia as a result.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 0

Event type
14

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