OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221456288
TITAN METAL FABRICATORS, INC.
SEALY, TX·
Event description
Employee is killed due to asphyxiation
Investigation abstract
At 1:30 p.m. on April 19, 2022, an employee was back welding inside a spool vessel (titanium pipe) that was 24 inches in diameter. The employee asphyxiated due to the displacement of oxygen by argon gas.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Event type
- 8
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