Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201771706 - Employee Dies from Asphyxiation

Accident Summary Nr: 201771706 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 05/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303396543	05/23/2002	2911	0	Bently Nevada, Llc.

Abstract: On May 22, 2002, Employee #1, a machinery maintenance man, entered a shed that was being purged of nitrogen gas. The shed consisted of metal instrumentation and measured approximately 8-feet long by 8-feet wide by 10-feet tall. A short time later, Employee #1 was discovered unconscious, lying on the shed floor. He was pronounced dead due to asphyxiation.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, INHALATION, GAS, NITROGEN, OVEREXPOSURE, REFINERY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303396543			Fatality	Asphyxia	Machinery maintenance occupations

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