OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14433502
BURN,FIRE EXT SYSTEM,KILN,BELT CONVEYOR,FIRE,EXPLOSION
Event description
FOUR EMPLOYEES BURNED IN SUGAR PLANT FIRE
Investigation abstract
At about 4:55 a.m. on June 26, 1989, Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 were returning from the main Bagasse Carriers catwalk in a sugar manufacturing plant. Almost i nstantly after the carrier started, a flash fire started along the main Bagasse Carrier. Employee #1 was hospitalized with second and third degree burns over 40 percent of his body. Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized with second and thir d degree burns over 25 percent of their bodies. Employee #4 was treated at the h ospital and released for second and third degree burns over five percent of his body.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 768
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 695
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 613
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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