OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221520398

153263 - WESTROCK CONVERTING, LLC

MARION, NC— 2022-11-20T00:00:00

Event: Cough, Energized, Fire, Respirator, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Shortness of breath, Smoke, Smoke Inhalation
NAICS: 322212
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346385453
Employer profile: 153263 - WESTROCK CONVERTING, LLC
Summary number: 221520398
Report ID: 0453720

Event description

Employee dies of respiratory failure after smoke inhalation

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 midnight on November 20, 2022, an employee was called in to shut down power in a section of a plant where a fire had started. When the employee arrived, he asked a manager for a protective mask and was told that there was nothing available. The employee went into the plant and when he came out he was covered in soot. On December 3, 2022, the employee went to the hospital for shortness of breath and coughing. The employee was admitted on December 4, and had a bronchoscopy on December 6. The employee's lungs continued to deteriorate and he died on December 9, 2022, from respiratory failure due to the smoke and chemical fume inhalation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Event type
8

Occupation code
999

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