OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221523475

BROUILLETTE HVAC AND SHEET METAL, INC.

NORWOOD, MA— 2022-12-19T00:00:00

Event: Ammonia, Contact, Heat Exchanger, Installing, Overcome by gas, Overcome by vapors, Scissor lift, Struck Against, Valve
NAICS: 238220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346404684
Employer profile: BROUILLETTE HVAC AND SHEET METAL, INC.
Summary number: 221523475
Report ID: 0111400
Project type: C
Construction end-use: D

Event description

Employee is overcome by ammonia and dies

Investigation abstract

At 11:09 a.m. on December 19, 2022, an employee was installing a heating unit when a coworker, operating a scissor lift, struck a pipe or a valve that caused a release of ammonia. The employee was overcome by ammonia and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 68 M

Event type
8

Occupation code
534

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