Social Security Death Index
Name: Damon P. Monzingo
SSN: 574-80-4615
Born: 3 Mar 1972
Died: 29 Apr 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: Alaska (1986 )

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Excert from the Juneau Empire, "In 1996, Houston Contracting Co., was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the asphyxiation death of a welder at Prudhoe Bay in 1994. Damon Monzingo, 22, of Fairbanks, died from a buildup of argon gas.

A little more info from the Kenai Peninsula Clarion:
In 1996, Houston Contracting Co. was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the asphyxiation death of a welder at Prudhoe Bay in 1994. It was the first time in Alaska a company was found guilty in a criminal homicide case.

The state had sought a manslaughter conviction, but the Superior Court jury convicted the company on the lesser charge and acquitted the project manager.

Damon Monzingo, 22, of Fairbanks, died from a buildup of argon gas.

Prosecutors said no one was posted at the end of the pipe to make sure the welder was all right and the gas had not been blown out of the pipe before he crawled into it to begin work.

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