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| Union Carbide Corp. Nitrogen Asphyxiation Incident |
| Hahnville, LA, March 27, 1998 |
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| Large open pipe end where workers in a temporary plastic enclosure were overcome by nitrogen |
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Incident Description
On March 27, 1998, one worker was killed and another seriously injured when they were asphyxiated by nitrogen at Union Carbide Corporation's Taft/Star Manufacturing Plant in Hahnville, Louisiana. The incident occurred inside a temporary enclosure the workers had erected over the end of large open gas pipe, where the workers were conducting a black light inspection. The workers were not aware that the pipe was being purged with nitrogen, creating an oxygen-deficient atmosphere.
Investigation Status
The final summary report on this investigation was approved on February 23, 1999.
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