OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764266
CELEBRITY FIREWORKS, INC.
RIALTO, CA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE COMMITTED SUICIDE BY SETTING OFF FIREWORKS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 AM ON OCTOBER 25, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO COMMI T SUICIDE BY IGNITING AN ENTIRE BUNKER OF CLASS B FIREWORKS. THE RIALTO POLICE D EPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S WIFE INFORMING THEM THAT HER HUSBA ND HAD THREATENED TO KILL HIMSELF. ONLY A FEW BONES WERE LEFT OF EMPLOYEE #1 AFT ER THE EXPLOSION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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