OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14523187
LOWER LAKE DOCK CO.
ASHTABULA, OH·
Event description
2 EMPLOYEES KILLED IN DUST EXPLOSION AND FIRE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:55 PM ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1986, A FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE #2 ENCLO SED BRIDGE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 TOOK PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND EN TERED THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR TO PUT OUT THE BELT FIRE. THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET ONTO THE CONVEYOR LINE AND 200 FEET FROM THE BURNING BELT WHEN THE CONVEYOR BELT PARTED. THE BURNING BELT ROLLED DOWN THE INCLINE, CAUSING TWO DUST EXPLOSI ONS WHICH, ALONG WITH THE FIRE, CAUSED THEIR DEATH. THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND APPR OXIMATELY 200 FEET FORM THE ENTRANCE, WHICH WAS ABLAZE. EXCESSIVE SMOKE AND FUME S BLOCKED THEIR EGRESS FROM THE CONVEYOR.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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