OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346522
COSBY-HODGES COMPANY
ORLANDO, FL·
Event description
FLASH FIRE IN GRAIN BIN, EMPLOYEE BURNED
Investigation abstract
THE CROSS BRACING AND ATTACHMENT BRACKETS HAD BROKEN LOOSE IN A GRAIN STORAGE BI N AT A FEED MILL, IMPEDING THE FLOW OF GRAIN. ALL THE GRAIN HAD BEEN REMOVED, BU T THE BIN HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY CLEANED. THE MAINTENANCE MAN ENTERED THE BIN WIT H A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT THE BRACING AWAY. HE CUT SEVERAL PIECES OF THE METAL LO OSE. THE PIECES DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN. SUDDENLY A FLASH FIRE ERUPTED, SETTING HIS CLOTHES ON FIRE. HE CLIMBED UP 35 FEET, OUT OF THE BIN, WITH HIS CL OTHES STILL ON FIRE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SMOTHERED THE FIRE. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN DESCE NDED THE 50 FEET, DOWN THE LADDER, TO THE GROUND. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH FIRST , SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER 85% OF HIS BODY. HE DIED 17 DAYS LATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 9135
- Task assigned
- 1
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