OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255475
RESPIRATORY,MIGRANT FARM WORKER,AGRICULTURE,FIRE,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,MIGRANT CAMP SHELTER,SMOKE,SMOKE INHALATION
Event description
EMPLOYEES DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION FROM FIRE IN TEMP HOUSING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2, BOTH MIGRANT FARM WORKERS AND OCCUPANTS OF A TEMPORARY HOUS ING STRUCTURE, DIED FROM ASPHYXIA AFTER RESPIRATORY FAILURE CAUSED BY SMOKE INHA LATION. THE BUILDING THEY WERE HOUSED IN BURNED AT ABOUT 2:30 AM ON SATURDAY, AP RIL 13, 1985.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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