OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484000
SELECTO PRODUCTS CO INC
ARDSLEY, NY—
Event description
Employee killed when overcome by smoke in fire
Investigation abstract
A construction worker was welding a beam when sparks from the operation ignited some brooms stored beneath him. He yelled to a coworker to get a fire extinguish er as the fire quickly spread to cardboard cartons and other material stored in the area. A coworker last saw Employee #1, age 19, as he ran into a nearby bathr oom to fill buckets with water. The bathroom was located near a cinder block cor ridor where Employee #1 was later found by firemen. He had apparently been overc ome by smoke and was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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