On May 11, 2023, @ 8:04 a.m., an employee working for an oil and gas support services company was found dead. On May 10th, the night before, the employee had instructed his coworkers from other contractors to go home, and he would finish the job. This was the last time anyone had spoken to the employee until he was found deceased.
The employee had been pressure testing a pipe with nitrogen.
The pipe had been opened, and nitrogen was leaking into the ambient environment.
The employee was asphyxiated due to the displacement of oxygen, causing his death.
https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1699860.015