Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 722637 - Employees killed when their delivery truck suddenly ignites

Accident Summary Nr: 722637 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/18/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102396884	06/19/1991	8099	0	Home Respiratory Service, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were delivering Puritan-Bennet portable oxygen units to residential customers. While en route, the delivery van that the employees were riding in burst into flames. Employee #1, the driver, jumped out of the truck and witnesses extinguished the flames that engulfed him. Employee #2 was found in the rear of the van, next to the back door. Both employees died. No cause for the fire was found, although smoking materials were found in the van.

Keywords: BURN, DELIVERY WORK, OXYGEN, FIRE, SMOKE, MOTOR VEHICLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102396884			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Inhalation therapists
2	102396884			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Inhalation therapists

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