OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486286
RITE AID CORP. D/B/A DRUG PALACE
BRONX, NY·
Event description
ASPHIXIATED BY ELECTRICAL FIRE IN STOREROOM
Investigation abstract
Three employees were taking a break in the basement lounge of a drug store. A fi re, which was apparently caused by an electrical fault, broke out on in a storer oom on the first floor of the store. The stairs leading to the basement, which f ormed the basement's only exit, were located in the storeroom. Trapped in the ba sement, the three employees were asphyxiated.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 17 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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