OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14473540
TECZA & SONS NURSERIES, INC.
ELGIN, IL·
Event description
MIGRANT WORKER BURNS TO DEATH FROM A FIRE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a migrant worker, died from severe burns after a fire broke out in his trailer. He apparently was asleep when the fire began. The fire was most lik ely due to a lit cigarette.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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