OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506844

FIRE,INHALATION,SMOKE,TOXIC FUMES,ISOCYANATE,SMOKE INHALATION

1985-05-21T00:00:00

Event: FIRE,INHALATION,SMOKE,TOXIC FUMES,ISOCYANATE,SMOKE INHALATION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14506844
Report ID: 830500

Event description

SMOKE INHALATION

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRYING TO PUT OUT A FIRE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE WEST WALL OF A B UILDING. THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING INSTRUCTED EVERYONE TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING. WHEN HE RETURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE FIRE, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD DISAPPEARED. EMPLOY EE #1 WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE BUILDING AFTER THE FIRE HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED. D EATH MOST PROBABLY OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF INHALATION OF SMOKE CONTAINING ISOCYA NATE FROM BURNING URATHANE.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
19

Event type
8

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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