OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221709272

Breathing,Chemical,Chemical Exposure,Chemical Vapor,Engineering Controls,Hydrogen Sulfide,Inhalation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lung,Metal Pipe,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,Non-PEL Overexposure,Overcome by vapors,Overexposure,Pipe,Poisoning,Respirator,Respiratory,Respiratory Tract,Ventilation

2024-10-10T00:00:00

Event: Breathing,Chemical,Chemical Exposure,Chemical Vapor,Engineering Controls,Hydrogen Sulfide,Inhalation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lung,Metal Pipe,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,Non-PEL Overexposure,Overcome by vapors,Overexposure,Pipe,Poisoning,Respirator,Respiratory,Respiratory Tract,Ventilation
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221709272
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee dies from overexposure to H2S while working on pipe

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Event type
8

Occupation code
643

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.