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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731513

WORK RULES,DUST COLLECTOR,EXPLOSION,COMBUSTIBLE DUST,HOPPER,BURN,FIRE

Event
WORK RULES,DUST COLLECTOR,EXPLOSION,COMBUSTIBLE DUST,HOPPER,BURN,FIRE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
731513
Report ID
551800

Event description

One employee killed, two injured in dust collector fire

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 and #2, of Inland Steel Company, were removing dust bags from a Pan he vacuum truck was connected to the hopper and was in operation when an explosi on occurred in the hopper and flames shot upward to where the three employees we re working. Employee #1 sustained third-degree burns over 98 percent of his body and died en route to the Chicago Burn Center. Employee #2 sustained second- and third-degree burns to his face, hands, and legs, and Employee #3 suffered secon d- and third-degree burns to his face and body. Both were hospitalized. gborn dust collector (Serial No. CM-5751, size No. C-70) located in the roll sho p. The dust collector was 11 feet 5 inches long by 8 feet 6 inches wide by 11 fe et 6 inches high. It had two rooms: a motor room for the exhaust fan, and a bag room, in which bags hung from the ceiling over a hopper that was protected by a grate. Employee #3, of All American Industrial Services, Inc., a contractor hire d to remove the dust with a vacuum truck, was in the motor room. His head and sh oulders were through a 14-inch by 34-inch porthole leading into the bag room. He was taking bags from Employee #2 and throwing them out of the dust collector. T

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    10
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    777
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 56 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    10
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    10
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

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