OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #677120

BURN,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,SMOKING,SECURITY GUARD

1987-07-24T00:00:00

Event: BURN,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,SMOKING,SECURITY GUARD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 677120
Report ID: 522000

Event description

Employee dies after being trapped in fire

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:27 a.m. on July 24, 1987, Employee #1, a laborer and night wa tchman for a plumbing company, was found by the fire department when it was call ed to the company. The building was engulfed in fire and although Employee #1 ha d escaped, he had sustained burns over 100 percent of his body and died. There w ere no witnesses; the fire department attributed the fire to smoking.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
15

Environmental factor
10

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1

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