OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14475891
DUST,FIREWORKS,FIRE,EXPLOSION,PYROTECHNICS
Event description
FIREWORKS MANUFACTURING EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES OF A FIREWORKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY WERE OPERATING A HYDRAULIC PR ESS, ASSEMBLING WINGS. THEY WERE LOADING CLAY AND TWO PYROTECHNIC COMPOUNDS INTO CARDBOARD TUBES. THERE WAS DUST ON THE FLOOR AND IN SUSPENSION IN THE AIR. ONE EMPLOYEE NOTICED A FIRE ON THE FLOOR AND ON HIS PANTS LEG. HE CALLED A WARNING A ND EXITED THE BUILDING THROUGH A DOORWAY. EMPLOYEE #1, THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, WAS T RYING TO LEAVE WHEN HE WAS BLOWN THROUGH ANOTHER DOORWAY. A SECOND EXPLOSION TOO K PLACE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WHERE 125 POUNDS OF PYROTECHNIC COMPOUND WAS IMPROP ERLY STORED. THIS HAPPENED WHILE TEN OR SO EMPLOYEES WERE FIGHTING THE FIRE FROM THE FIRST EXPLOSION.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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