Employee #1 was power washing the outside
of the semi-truck tanker trailer. The employee entered the tanker
trailer to wash the inside and was not found for two hours. The fire
department was called to rescue the employee. Atmospheric monitoring
found atmospheric levels of hydrogen sulfide at 100 ppm and hydrogen
cyanide at 30 ppm. No written evidence of atmospheric monitoring was
available following the employee's recovery from the space, and no
ventilation of the space prior to or during the entry was performed. No
attendant or entry supervisor was assigned to the entry. Employee #1's
death was determined to be chemical asphyxia by vitiated atmosphere
with hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen cyanide gasses.
Source: www.osha.gov
Source: www.osha.gov
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