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CHARACTERISTICS:
DONOR: Alberta Community and Occupational
Health
Occupational Health and Safety Division
JURISDICTION:
ALBERTA
REPORT TITLE: Fatality Investigation Data
Base
INFORMATION ABOUT DECEASED:
NAME: Confidential
SEX: Male AGE: 34
OCCUPATION: foremen, mining and quarrying
(incl. oil and gas)
INDUSTRY:
operation of battery
tanks
Industrial sector: mines, quarries and
oil
ACCIDENT INFORMATION:
DATE OF ACCIDENT:
Confidential
PLACE: LEGAL DESCRIPT AREA: Calgary region
TYPE
OF ACCIDENT:
contact with gases/fumes by inhalation (lack of
oxygen)
SOURCE OF INJURY:
hydrogen sulphide
exposure
working surfaces (used as supports - roofs, ramps,
stairs)
ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
Since there were no
eye witnesses, it is assumed that while checking the level
of
water in a fibreglass storage tank (21' 6" (6.5 m) high and 11' 6"
(3.3 m)
in diameter), the worker was partially overcome by H2S
gas. He fell to the
ground, where he succumbed to injuries
sustained in the fall.
INVESTIGATION:
DATE:
1980-01-01
UNSAFE ACT(S):
safety device removed or rendered
inoperative
unsafe position/posture, inappropriate operational
position
UNSAFE CONDITION(S):
improper
ventilation
adverse weather/environmental
conditions
INDIRECT CAUSE(S):
worker's deliberate disregard
of known safe procedures
worker's lack of experience or
knowledge
unsafe job procedure
EMPLOYER
ACTION(S):
eliminate unsafe procedure
OHSO
ACTION(S):
issue a requisition or order
other
OTHER'S
ACTION(S):
OHSD education presentation
REGULATION(S):
27076256 26776016
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