OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975607
ASPHYXIATED,SUICIDE,NITROUS OXIDE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY NITROUS OXIDE ASPHYXIATION.
Investigation abstract
At about 2:50 p.m., Employee #1 who was working as a temporary quality control t echnician for Dallas Group of America Incorporated placed a dual-cartridge light gas and organic vapor respirator over her face. She then took a 6 ft-long clear flexible vinyl tube, connected it to a cylinder of nitrous oxide gas, and opene d the valve on the cylinder. Placing the tube deep into her mouth, she laid down on the floor next to the cylinder, and was killed as a result asphyxiation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1890
- Task assigned
- 1
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