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Laboratory Safety Incidents: Asphyxiation

Index

Liquid Nitrogen Asphyxiation at Animal Health Laboratory    Liquid Nitrogen-MRI

Liquid Nitrogen Asphyxiation at Animal Health Laboratory

Lessons From the Fatality at AAHL, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

Liquid Nitrogen- MRI

New York Times Article:  Worker at Hospital Dies; Gas Leak Suspected, September 21, 2000.   A worker  was asphixiated by liquid nitrogen while installing an MRI.  Six other people were injured.   New York Times articles back to 1996 are available from their Archive.

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Revision Date:  5/15/2002
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