OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517718
MARYLAND ASSEMBLIES, INC.
PERRY, FL·
Event description
EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE DETONATED; ONE WORKER KILLED, ONE HURT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPARENTLY DOWN LOADING A MIXER WHICH CONTAINED AN EXPLOSIVE FLA SH COMPOSITION (POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE, MAGNESIUM AND ANTIMONY SULFIDE). THE MIXE R HAD NOT BEEN SHUT OFF. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED, KILLING EMPLOYEE #1 AND INJURING EMPLOYEE #2, WHO SUFFERED SHOULDER, COLLARBONE AND EAR DRUM INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #1 VIOLATED OPERATING PROCEDURES IN THAT THE MIXER WAS NOT SHUT OFF BEFORE DOWN LOADING. THERE WAS NO GROUNDING SYSTEM, SUCH AS CONDUCTIVE FLOORING OR GROUND BA R LIGHTING PROTECTION, FOR THE BUILDING.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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