OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735720
SHONEYS INC
LEXINGTON, KY—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES FROM EXPOSURE TO NITROUS OXIDE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE NIGHT PORTER, WORKED ALONE AFTER THE RESTAURANT WAS CLOSED. HE APPARENTLY COLLECTED NITROUS OXIDE GAS IN A PLASTIC BAG TO "GET HIGH". HE LOST C ONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS ASPHYXIATED. HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE RESTAURANT WAS OPENED. THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 15 AT SHONEY'S ON NIC HOLASVILLE ROAD IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1953
- Task assigned
- 1
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