OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346811

FELL ASLEEP,FIRE,INTOXICATED,SMOKING,FALL,SLEEPING QUARTERS,SMOKE INHALATION

1986-04-27T00:00:00

Event: FELL ASLEEP,FIRE,INTOXICATED,SMOKING,FALL,SLEEPING QUARTERS,SMOKE INHALATION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14346811
Report ID: 420600

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION SUFFERED IN TRAILER FIRE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A WATCHMAN WHO LIVED IN A TRAILER ON THE WORK SITE, HAD BEEN DRINKI NG. HE EITHER FELL OR LAID DOWN ON THE TRAILER FLOOR, DROPPING A LIGHTED CIGARET TE ONTO A STACK OF MAGAZINES AS HE DID SO. THE MAGAZINES IGNITED, STARTING A FIR E IN THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 66 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
7

Task assigned
1

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