OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221737091

POWER FLAME, INC

PARSONS, KS— 2025-01-24T00:00:00

Event: Air Contamination, Air Hose, Air Line, Air Line Respirator, Air Monitoring, Asphyxiated, Assembling, Breathing, Carbon Monoxide, Coating Operation, Compressor, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Metal, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Oxygen Deficiency, Powder, Respirator, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Spray Booth, Supplied Air Respirator, Unknown, Unresponsive, Ventilation
NAICS: 333994
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347998841
Employer profile: POWER FLAME, INC
Summary number: 221737091
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee dies from unknown causes after found in paint booth

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on January 24, 2025, Employee #1 was working as an assembler for under investigation, including the compressor being located in a parking lot, the potential for nitrogen to be introduced into the breathing air system and breathing air that did not meet Grade D requirements. an industrial furnace and oven manufacturer was working inside a powder coating booth. The facility powder coats metal parts with a variety of products, that includes Sky White powder coating. Employees wear either a supplied air respirator or a tight-fitting air purifying respirator. Employee #1 was wearing a Tyvek suit with an air supplied respirator equipped with a hood at the time. He had been working for less than an hour in the booth when he was found unresponsive laying on the floor. Employee #1 died from unknown causes. Several possible sources of contamination into the breathing air system are

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
12

Occupation code
785

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