At 9:45 a.m. on February 22, 2021, an employee was working for a general, long-distance freight trucking company. He washed vehicles and cleaned equipment for the company. He was cleaning a tanker trailer that had contained ALFOL 16 (tradename for 1-Hexadecanol). The employer stated that the employee was inspecting the tank for materials. The atmosphere in the tanker had been charged with nitrogen. It was low in oxygen. The employee lost consciousness and died from asphyxia.
