OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #674945
FIREFIGHTER,OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,ASPHYXIATED,INHALATION,SCBA,SMOKE,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,SMOKE INHALATION,POOR VISIBILITY
Event description
Fire fighter dies when overcome by smoke
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a fire fighter, entered an office of a J. P. Stevens-Monagham mill with two coworkers to search for the source of a fire. Employee #1 notified the coworkers that he had only five minutes of air left. Employee #1 and the other f ire fighters followed the fire hose out, but the area they were in was pitch bla ck and smoky. When the others got out, they realized Employee #1 was not with th em. Shortly thereafter, Employee #1 radioed that he was lost and out of air and unable to get out. A search found Employee #1 in the back office, face down with his face mask pulled up on his head. He died of asphyxiation due to smoke inhal ation. His carboxyhemoglobin level was extremely high.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 417
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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