OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14398804
SOUTHWESTERN RESTORATION, INC.
HUFFMAN, TX·
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE INJURED, ONE KILLED IN FLASH FIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #2 WAS GLUEING A PIECE OF WOOD VENEER ONTO A CABINET IN THE KITCHEN WHI LE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A CLEANING SOLUTION ON THE KITCHEN CABINETS. IT IS BELI EVED THAT BOTH EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE USING FLAMMABLE MATERIALS WHEN THE VAPOR S WERE IGNITED BY THE GAS STOVE PILOT LIGHT. A FLASH FIRE OCCURRED; EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PUSHED AWAY AND EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASPHYXIATED BY THE SMOKE.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 59 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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