OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505150
ZENITH SPECILITIES, INC.
CLINTON, MO·
Event description
Two employees die, another escapes flash fire
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 25, 1988, Employees #1 through #3 were prepa ring to leave work at a fireworks building; two coworkers remained in an office area at the front of the building. A sudden flash fire apparently started at the rear of the building, where fireworks were being handled, and raced through its center toward the front doors, eventually engulfing the building. Employee #1 w as caught and trapped in the flames and died. Employees #2 and #3 managed to esc ape but Employee #2 died later at a burn center; The coworkers escaped. The prec ise cause of the accident is being investigated.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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