OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #942797
TOWN OF ELLERBEE FIRE DEPARTMENT
ELLERBEE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FOUND DEAD WHILE EVALUATING FIRE IN TEXTILE PLANT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was allegedly attempting to evaluate the source of a fire in a texti le yarn plant, when he became disoriented and could not find his way out. He was found dead by the rescue team. Smoke inhalation was most likely cause of death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- CARD-VASC/RESP FAIL. (12)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Firefighting occupations (417)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.