OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14571095
COLUMBUS FIREWORKS DISPLAY CO., INC.
MARENGO, OH·
Event description
Employee killed in explosion at fireworks plant
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a fireworks plant when a 22 in. diameter steel lid fe fracture and a green-stick fracture of the tibia and fibia in this right leg, p ulmonary contusions of both lungs, and third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body. Employee #1 was killed. ll off a 32 in. high by 18 in. diameter aluminum drum. The lid hit the ground, c ausing a spark that triggered an explosion. The aluminum drum contained a mixtur e of potassium nitrate, sulfur, charcoal, 2 ff power black powder, and a dextrin glue. Employee #1 was approximately 54 ft from the first explosion and approxim ately 5 ft from a second explosion, which was triggered by the same spark or by the first explosion. The second drum to explode, which weighed approximately 72 lb, contained potassium nitrate, potassium perchlorate, charcoal, sulfur, and de xtrin. The explosion severed Employee #1's left leg. He also suffered a compound
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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