Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Close quarters : the hazards of confined spaces

Notes: Sumario: The roll of duct tape was only 5 feet away, resting inside a reactor chamber at a refinery. The chamber was being purged with nitrogen, and cleanliness criteria dictated that the roll of tape could not be there. In an attempt to retrieve it, one worker either fell or intentionally went inside and due to the near-zero oxygen concentration within the reactor was dead within minutes, according to a Chemical Safety Board report on the incident. The situation, already horrific, then got worse. An onsite foreman quickly descended the reactor's ladder in an apparent rescue attempt. He never returned.Related records: En: Safety and health. - Itasca : National Safety Council, 1993-2017 = ISSN 0891-1797. - 05/05/2014 Volumen 189 Número 5 - mayo 2014 , p. 34-37Materia / lugar / evento: Accidentes de trabajo Seguridad e higiene en el trabajo Productos químicos Gases tóxicos Espacios confinados Condiciones de trabajo Other categories: 871

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