OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14327647
CENTRAL SOYA
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Two employees burned in grain elevator explosion and fire
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were engaged in routine clean-up activities (broom and shove l work) at a grain elevator. They were standing adjacent to conveyor #1 when an explosion and flash fire blast occurred. Both men suffered second- and third-deg ree burns over 70 percent of their bodies and were hospitalized. The source of i gnition has not been determined. Damage to the facility was not extensive; the b last was contained for the most part within the enclosed conveyor legs that run vertically with the facility.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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