OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212450
PENGO INDUSTRIES INC
SAPULPA, OK—
Event description
THREE EMPLOYEES KILLED WHEN ASPHYXIATED IN NATURAL GAS TANK
Investigation abstract
Three employees worked for Pengo Industries Incorporated. Employee #1 fell into a free tank full of natural gas that was deficient in oxygen. Employee #1 was as phyxiated. Employees #2 and #3, respectively, entered the tank in an attempt to rescue employee #1. All three died of asphyxiation in the tank.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 1
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