Incident date: 2023-05-12
NAICS industry code: 327992

An employee was performing maintenance inside a furnace when they lost consciousness due to the oxygen-deficient atmosphere. The employee was hoisted from the space and also sustained a leg fracture.

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