The death of Timken Steel factor associated with nitrogenExposure: OSHAAfter finding a worker at the age of 32 years dead in the control room at the Timken Faircrest steel plant on Sunday,Said US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health
Administration Office of Cleveland that the worker has been exposed to a
lot of nitrogen deadly, leading to their deaths G spot.Subsequent
readings by the company's management and fire detection of oxygen
levels and place convenient health work and the surrounding environment
clean in the region where it was found on the employees and less than 4
percent, it could choke happens in slightly less than the oxygen level
of 19 percent, according to a press release OSHA.The
employee who was shot is a technical trade union, was inspecting fire
extinguishers in all parts of the plant and during the inspection
workflow. A co-worker found him unresponsive in the control room Sunday afternoon."Companies that have a nitrogen systems need to make sure to realize
the danger of a lack of oxygen that can be created through their ability
to displacement of oxygen," Howard Ebert, director of OSHA area in
Cleveland.The
preliminary investigation OSHA to determine the nitrogen, which is used
in the factory, was released one way or another in the control room,
causing an atmosphere of lack of oxygen. When it increases the concentrations of nitrogen and oxygen levels
drop lower than the 19.5 percent result in death and Nader, the rapid
suffocation happensBut that is not his first aid ended up completely.It was not possible to reach officials from TimkenSteel to comment on the incident.OSHA
is working with the company's engineers entire nitrogen tracking system
to determine whether there were any other potential oxygen deficient
atmosphere that can be found before it allows any other employees to
return to work in the region. Nitrogen is an odorless, colorless and tasteless gas is non-toxic non-flammable.On November 19 2015, OSHA, issued citations to the relevant facility to exposure to nitrogen May 2015And we were asked when the US Department of Labor Occupational Safety adopt strict standards to avoid such incidents. These citations and disputed by the company