| Document ID (ISN) | 19429 |
| CIS number |
73-194 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Arbeitsschutz |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Grupinski L., Goebel W. |
| Title |
Fatal accidents in a sewer access shaft |
| Original title |
Tödliche Unfälle in einem unterirdischen Kanalschacht für Dränagewasser [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Aug. 1972, No.7-8, p.263-266. 4 ref. |
| Abstract |
With reference to the relevant Federal German safety regulations, the authors comment on an accident in which 2 workers died asphyxiated in a sewer access shaft. They conclude that the air in the shaft had not been tested and that the workers were wearing neither lifelines nor respiratory protective equipment when they entered the shaft. The authors attribute these faults to a lack of staff training. Atmospheric analyses in the shaft in which the accident occurred revealed the presence of high concentrations of methane and carbone dioxide and a low oxygen concentration. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; fatalities; work in wells; confined spaces |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
analysis of accident causes; carbon dioxide; headers; liquid effluents; sewage; monitoring for air contamination; respirators; faulty training; asphyxia; belts, harnesses and lifelines; accident descriptions |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Confined spaces
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