OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443923
SINGER FURNITURE COMPANY DIV OF SINGER
ROANOKE, VA—
Event description
Three killed, one injured in explosion and fire
Investigation abstract
Following an explosion in the northwest corner of the third-floor finishing depa rtment at the Singer Furniture Company, Roanoke, Virginia, flames spread rapidly throughout the department. Employees #1 through #3 were killed and Employee #4 was hospitalized. The explosion may have been caused by a malfunction of the ove n heating system.
Victims (4)
-
#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 789
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 789
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 52 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 789
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 789
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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