Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 710657 - Employee killed in fire in cold storage warehouse

Accident Summary Nr: 710657 -- Report ID: 1054195 -- Event Date: 04/29/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115765828	05/01/1991	1721	0	F D Thomas Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115765836	05/01/1991	0723	0	Naumes Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:15 p.m. on April 29, 1991, Employee #1, a painter for F. D. Thomas, was on the third floor of Naumes's cold storage warehouse prepping the area for an application of fire retardant foam. Two coworkers had been spray painting a fire retardant on the second floor and two Naumes employees were welding a steel plated ramp across a floor opening on the third floor. Sparks from the torch ignited some of the old, non-fire-retardant foam, resulting in a rapidly spreading fire. All the workers escaped except Employee #1, whose body was discovered the next day on the third floor.

Keywords: WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, PAINTER, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, TORCH

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115765828			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Insulation Workers
2	115765836					Occupation Not Listed

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