OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251128
CONE MILLS CORP
GREENSBORO, NC·
Event description
NINE EMPLOYEES SUFFERED FROM SMOKE INHALATION FROM A FIRE
Investigation abstract
NINE EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO SMOKE WHEN A FIRE STARTED AT A PEELER MACHINE. EM PLOYEE #2 TRIED TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BUT THE EXTINGUIS HER WAS INOPERATIVE. OTHER EMPLOYEES TRIED TO USE THE STANDPIPE SYSTEM OR STAMP OUT THE FIRE WITH THEIR FEET. SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY THE EMPLOYEES INCLUDED DIZ ZINESS, NAUSEA, COUGHING AND FAINTING. THE EMPLOYEES WERE NOT HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (9)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 2
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