Employee connects to Nitrogen bottle rather than breathing air bottle

At 12:00 noon on August 19, 2021, an employee utilized an airline respirator that was attached to a nitrogen line. The employee died from a lack of oxygen.

Violation Summary
  Serious Willful Repeat Other Total
Initial Violations 3     1 4
Current Violations 3     1 4
Initial Penalty $12,600 $0 $0 $525 $13,125
Current Penalty $12,600 $0 $0 $525 $13,125

 

Violation Items
# ID Type Standard Issuance Abate Curr$ Init$ Contest LastEvent
1. 01001 Serious 19100134 I08 01/06/2022 01/10/2022 $4,200 $4,200 02/08/2022 C – Contested
2. 01002 Serious 19100134 K05 I 01/06/2022 01/14/2022 $4,200 $4,200 02/08/2022 C – Contested
3. 01003A Serious 19101200 H01 01/06/2022 01/14/2022 $4,200 $4,200 02/08/2022 C – Contested
4. 01003B Serious 19101200 G08 01/06/2022 01/10/2022 $0 $0 02/08/2022 C – Contested
5. 02001 Other 19100134 E01 01/06/2022 01/10/2022 $525 $525 02/08/2022 C – Contested

 

Source: https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1548919.015

 

 

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