OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816991
FURNACE,OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,ASPHYXIATED,CONFINED SPACE,ARGON
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED AFTER ENTERING A CONFINED SPACE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered into an oxygen deficient confined space, a retort furnace. H e began to process the advance products load. He entered into the retort furnace to get some of the parts out. He had not purged the retort of hi-g and oxygen g as nor had he turned the argon gas off. The argon remained in the retort furnace and when Employee #1 entered into the retort furnace, he died of asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0240
- Task assigned
- 2
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