Incident date: 2023-11-30
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was acting as a fire watch within the engine compartment of a vessel observing the cutting of the hull on the outside. The fire suppression system activated and the employee was trapped inside of the compartment. The employee suffered oxygen deprivation and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Depletion of oxygen
code_source: title: Oxygen-deficient environment
code_nature: title: Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate