On Friday, October 20th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Compton, CA which had occured previously at Southern California Gas Company. A 20 year old Plumber had been injured when the
Accident Date2017-10-18
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:30 p.m. on October 18, 2017, an employee was working with two coworkers at a natural gas pipeline leak. The employee was using a shovel, encapsulant, a redwood plug, a Henderson clamp, and an Adams clamp to repair the leak. The employee's coworkers noticed that he was being overcome by the leaking gas and they pulled him from the trench, performed CPR and was attended to by paramedics . The employee was taken to St. Francis Medical Center for treatment and was released at 8:00 p.m. that evening. The employee was overcome by the gas leak and asphyxiated.