OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221689029

HITACHI ENERGY USA, INC.

CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS— 2024-08-01T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Confined Space, Nitrogen, Overexposure, Transformer
NAICS: 335313
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347663098
Employer profile: HITACHI ENERGY USA, INC.
Summary number: 221689029
Report ID: 0419400

Event description

Employee is killed due to overexposure to nitrogen

Investigation abstract

At 10:20 a.m. on August 1, 2024, an employee was working inside a transformer. The employee entered a permitted confined space filled with nitrogen and asphyxiated due to overexposure to nitrogen. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
8

Occupation code
889

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