Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14213011 - Employee dies of overexposure to methyl chloroform

Accident Summary Nr: 14213011 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/28/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17681750	06/28/1990	7699	0	Ifr Engineering

Abstract: Employee #1 was required to non-destructively inspect welds inside a tanker truck. At 2:30 p.m. he was using methyl chloroform and an unknown concentration of oxygen when he was overcome and subsequently died.

Keywords: CONFINED SPACE, METHYL CHLOROFORM, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17681750			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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