OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460844
LAGARES SEWER SERVICE INC
PONCE, PR—
Event description
One injured, one died while cleaning waste recovery tank
Investigation abstract
Employee #2 was cleaning a waste recovery tank and left to get some fresh air. L ater, he re-entered the tank. Employee #1 noticed that Employee #2 was feeling n auseated and went in to help him. Employee #1 fell into the tank. Both employees were trapped in the tank, ingesting the waste and inhaling the fumes, until the y were rescued by firemen and hospitalized. Employee #1 died several days later.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 9
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 75
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 9
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 75
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 1
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