OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503395
BURN,HEAD,EXPLOSION,COMBUSTIBLE DUST,GRAIN DUST,GRAIN BIN,HAND
Event description
Four employees buried in grain dust explosion
Investigation abstract
Approximately 300 pounds of milo had been off-loaded at a grain elevator when th ere was an explosion in the boot pit. Employee #2 was in the pit and sustained f irst-degree burns on his head. Three other employees were in the elevator office . Employee #1 sustained first-degree burns on his hand; Employee #3 sustained fi rst- and second-degree burns on his hands; and Employee #4 sustained second- and third-degree burns over approximately 40 percent of his body. The source of ign ition was undetermined.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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