OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465314
BARRETT GROCERY COMPANY, INC.
DENISON, TX·
Event description
Employee killed, others injured when gunpowder explodes
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #4 were working in a sporting goods department when Employe e #1 picked up a 5 lb can of Dupont smokeless powder P.D. off the top shelf in t he southwest corner of the room. The can exploded, severely burning Employee #1. He was killed. Employee #2 sustained multiple burns. Employees #3 and #4 were a sphyxiated. The explosion may have been caused by the gunpowder can touching som e Greenfield electric conduit next to the top shelf where the gunpowder was stor ed.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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