OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997098
OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,RESPIRATORY,TANK TRUCK,CONFINED SPACE,HYDROGEN SULFIDE,WORK RULES,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,TANK CLEANING,TANK
Event description
2 EMPLOYEES KILLED BY TOXIC ATMOSPHERE IN CONFINED SPACE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 HAD BEEN ASSIGNED THE JOB OF CLEANING THE INSIDE OF A SEMI-T EVEL EXCEEDED 200 PARTS PER MILLION. THE CORONER'S REPORT WILL STATE THAT THE CA USE OF DEATH WAS FOR BOTH WAS EXPOSURE TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE. RAILER TRUCK TANKER WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED INEDIBLE EGGS FROM AN EGG PRO CESSING PLANT. THERE WAS ABOUT TEN MINUTES FROM THE TIME THE EMPLOYEES WERE LAST SEEN UNTIL THE TIME THEY WERE DISCOVERED DOWN IN THE TANK. THEY HAD NOT YET BRO UGHT ANY CLEANING MATERIALS INTO THE TANK WITH THEM. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PULLED OUT AND GIVEN CPR. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PROUNOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE RESCUE SQU AD. AN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AT ABOUT 3 PM. SHE REPORTED THAT THE OXYGEN LEVEL IN THE TANK WAS 15 PERCENT AND THAT THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE L
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 887
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 689
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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