OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14509632
ALL ALASKAN SEAFOODS INC.
TACOMA, WA·
Event description
TWO DIED AND TWO HOSPITALIZED -SMOKE INHALATION IN ELEVATOR
Investigation abstract
Two welders died and one firefighter and one ship worker were hospitalized from smoke inhalation that resulted from a fire in an elevator shaft. Two welders on board the "All Alaska" were using a welding torch near the front elevator of the ship. While using the torch, a fire broke out when the insulation on the bottom of the elevator caught fire.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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