OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460794
CAFETERIA EL ALMENDRO
CAUAYNABO, PR—
Event description
EMPLOYEES KILLED AND INJURED BY NOXIOUS SEPTIC GASES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-4 WERE INSTRUCTED TO DIG A DRAINAGE DITCH FOR A SEPTIC TANK. THEIR INTENTIONS WERE TO REPAIR LEAKS IN THE SEPTIC TANK. FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, ONE O F THE FOUR EMPLOYEES OPENED THE TOP OF THE TANK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IMMEDIATELY EX POSED TO TOXIC FUMES, AND HE FELL INTO THE SEPTIC TANK. OF THE THREE OTHER EMPLO YEES WHO DESCENDED INTO THE TANK TO ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THE FALLEN EMPLOYEE, ONLY EMPLOYEE #2 SURVIVED.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#3 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 438
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#4 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 438
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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