OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818674
UNCONSCIOUSNESS,ASPHYXIATED,CLEANING,TANK
Event description
EMPLOYEE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AFTER CLEANING TANK
Investigation abstract
At approximately noon on October 19, 1989, Employee #1 was cleaning an empty tan then taken to another hospital in another city where he died on October 20. The cause of death is not known. k which is 14 feet long, 6 feet deep, and 16.5 inches in diameter at the opening . The employee was found unconscious inside the 2nd tank of the trailer at appro ximately 1 p.m. The tank contained solid residual of a fertilizer batch that was prepared with phosphoric acid sulfur and ammonium polyphosphate. The batch is l iquid but after the field application the walls of the tank get dirty with lefto ver residual. Apparently, cleaning the walls and surfaces inside the tanks is do ne regularly. Employee #1 was not wearing any respiratory protection when he was found inside the tank. Employee #1 was initially taken to a local hospital and
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2085
- Task assigned
- 1
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