OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221567795
154280 - KEITH V. SUGGS
CHARLOTTE, NC—
Event description
Two employees are killed in fire at construction site
Investigation abstract
On May 18, 2023, Employee # 1 and Employee #2 were in structure under action plan was inadequate, an audible alarm was not used to evacuate workers, and there was one vertical means of egress throughout the seven-story structure. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were killed in the fires and their remains were located and recovered the next day. construction. A diesel motor for a generator with an enclosed trailer caught on fire, the trailer also contained process equipment and materials for spray-applied polyurethane foam insulation. After unsuccessful attempts to extinguish with portable fire extinguishers, the fire spread outside the trailer involving the recently applied foam insulation on the two-story parking garage ceiling, spreading to a five-story wood frame structure above. Attempts by the fire department and a tower crane operator to rescue Employee #1 and Employee #2 were unsuccessful due to growing intensity of fire and smoke. The emergency
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
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#2 Fatality Age 58 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
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