OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #803007
BURN,MIGRANT FARM WORKER,AGRICULTURE,HEATER,WORK RULES,FIRE,MIGRANT CAMP SHELTER,SMOKE INHALATION
Event description
3 MIGRANT WORKERS DIED IN HOUSE FIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE STAYING IN 2 STORY MIGRANT LABOR HOUSE. THERE WERE 8 BEDROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND 2 ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE WERE 13 TO 15 WOR KERS IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD APPARENTLY OVERFILLED A KEROSENE HEATER, WIPED UP THE SPILL WITH A RAG, THEN PLACED THE RAG ON TOP OF A HEATER LO CATED IN THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE HIS ROOM. TWO OTHER LABORERS WERE ASLEEP. THE REST WERE PLAYING CARDS OR WATCHING TV. ONCE THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED, ALL THE WORKERS EXCEPT 3 WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 9 KEROSENE HEATERS IN TH E HOUSE. THE FIRE OCCURRED AT GRAMLING BROTHERS, INC., AT GRAMLING, SOUTH CAROLI NA.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Fatality Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 2
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