OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14211023
W H WINSTEAD CO INC
LOTHIAN, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES FROM INHALING SMOKE FROM A BURNING BUILDING
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a watchman and small job laborer, died while inhaling smoke from a building fire. The precise cause of the fire was not known. However, witnesses o bserved this employee burning strings around wheels using a cutting torch.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 68 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0530
- Task assigned
- 1
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