OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259170
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC
NEW ORLEANS, LA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY RUPTURED FILTER HOUSING FRAGMENTS
Investigation abstract
THE FILTER HOUSING IN A NITROGEN CIRCUIT WHICH PROVIDED SEAL GAS TO A TURBOEXPAN DER RUPTURED WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRESSURIZING THE SYSTEM. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY FRAGMENTS FROM THE CYLINDRICAL HOUSING.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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