OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491070

INDEPENDENT PRINTERS INC

WOOD RIDGE, NJ— 1984-10-24T00:00:00

Event: BURN, LUNG, ELECTRICAL, SUSPENDED CEILING, COLLAPSE, E GI VII, FIRE, ELECTRICAL FAULT, SMOKE INHALATION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #697672
Employer profile: INDEPENDENT PRINTERS INC
Summary number: 14491070
Report ID: 214500

Event description

FIRE - POSSIBLE CAUSE WAS OLD ELECTRICAL WIRING

Investigation abstract

IT WAS BELIEVED THAT A FIRE DEVELOPED IN THE VOID SPACE OF A HUNG CEILING, PRESU MABLY IGNITED BY CURRENT FLOW IN OLD ELECTRIC WIRING. THE FIRE PROCEEDED WITHOUT THE KNOWLEGE OF THE EMPLOYEE BELOW, WHO WAS PERFORMING A ROUTINE TASK BELOW. TH E CEILING COLLAPSED, AND THE EMPLOYEE'S LUNGS WERE BURNT BY THE SUDDEN EXPOSURE TO THE EXTREMELY HOT AIR THAT CAME DOWN WITH THE COLLAPSING CEILING.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
13

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
11

Task assigned
1

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