OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14412985
TEXACO REFINING & MARKETING INC
EL PASO, TX—
Event description
Employee dies of oxygen deficiency while in reactor
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 5, 1984, Employee #1 was installing a pl ate in a reactor vessel when he collapsed. He died on December 20, 1984. Tests c onducted by the company indicated that oxygen levels in the reactor had been at 10 to 15 percent due to nitrogen displacement.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1900
- Task assigned
- 1
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