OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391493

HAZLEHURST WOOD PELLETS, LLC

HAZLEHURST, GA· 2021-09-02T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Burn, Chest, Dust Collector, Engineering Controls, Explosion, Fire, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Manufacturing, Neck, Open Flame, Pipe, Pressure, Pressure Release, Struck By, Torso, Wood, Work Surface
NAICS: 321999
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345515043
Employer profile: HAZLEHURST WOOD PELLETS, LLC
Summary number: 221391493
Report ID: 0418400

Event description

Employee sustains burns when struck by discharge pressurized

Investigation abstract

At 4:40 a.m. on September 2, 2021, an employee working for a wood products manufacturer was standing by a baghouse approximately 27 feet from the wood pellets discharge pipe. A fire came out of the pipe, flashed back through a cooler and continued through the piping system to the baghouse. In the baghouse, an explosion occurred that blew out the pressure vents which allowed pressurized fire to ricochet off of a nearby building. The employee was struck by the pressure and fire. He was hospitalized to treat burns to his arms, neck, chest and torso.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M

Event type
1

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