OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486468
LA ESPERANZA CORP.
BRONX, NY·
Event description
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION CAUSED TWO BUILDINGS TO COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-5 WERE AT OR NEAR THE SITE OF A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION WHICH CAUSED A ONE STORY BUILDING AND AN ADJACENT THREE STORY BUILDING TO COLLAPSE. THE EMPLO YEES WERE STRUCK BY FALLING DEBRIS, FATALLY INJURING EMPLOYEES #1-3 AND HOSPITAL IZING EMPLOYEES #4 AND #5.
Victims (5)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 274
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 274
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 274
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 274
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 274
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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