OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14524011

BURN,EXPLOSIVES,FIREWORKS,EXPLOSION

1985-01-15T00:00:00

Event: BURN,EXPLOSIVES,FIREWORKS,EXPLOSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14524011
Report ID: 522500

Event description

EXPLOSION AT FIREWORKS PLANT

Investigation abstract

THE WORKERS WERE FILLING 50 MILLIGRAM GELATIN CAPULES WITH POWDER AND INSTALLING WICKS. PERSONS INTERVIEWED FELT THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD DROPPED A PAN OF CAPSULES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE EXPLOSION. FOUR WORKERS WERE IN THE BUILDING. ONE DIED AT THE SCENE. THREE WERE SEVERELY BURNED. THREE OTHERS IN AN ADJACENT BUILDING WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL, TREATED FOR SHOCK, AND RELEASED.

Victims (7)

#1 Fatality Age 37 F

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 20 F

Nature of injury
4

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#3 Hospitalized Age 19 F

Nature of injury
4

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#4 Hospitalized Age 21 F

Nature of injury
4

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 F

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 F

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
9

Task assigned
1

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