OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522247
FIRE,DUST COLLECTOR,EXPLOSION,SPARK,COMBUSTIBLE DUST
Event description
1 employee killed, 8 others injured in combustible dust fire
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were temporary laborers; Employee #9 worked for an outside t llector. The top of the collector blew, and flaming pieces of metal flew onto a wooden portion of the plant roof. The fire spread rapidly because of the wood ro of, the combustible dust/powders in the plant and, possibly, because of ruptured gas lines. Employee #1 was killed and Employees #2 through #9 were hospitalized . rucking firm. Employees #4 through #8 were employees of a company that was proce ssing combustible powders (ferromanganese, etc.) for use in manufacturing weldin g fluxes. Three production operations were functioning: the #3 screening system, where an inert material is ground, sized, and screened; the dryer, where ferrom anganese is stabilized; and the nugget system, where manganese and iron powders are mixed with a "glue" to make "nuggets." A series of explosions occurred, prob ably originating at the nugget machine where sparks/fire entered the outside bag dust collector through the duct work, causing a violent explosion within the co
Victims (9)
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 11
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
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