OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #783936
BURN,FRACTURE,EXPLOSION,PELVIS,FALL,COMBUSTIBLE DUST,GRAIN ELEVATOR,FACE,GRAIN DUST,HAND
Event description
Three killed, two injured in grain dust explosion
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:40 p.m. on January 15, 1988, three employees were working at to his face and hands. the bin top level of a grain elevator near the west end of a structure and two e mployees were in the office just south of the west headhouse entrance when the g rain elevator exploded. Of the three employees at the bin's top level, two were blown into an empty bin, the bottom of which was 100 ft below the bin top level. These two employees died of massive injuries. The third employee at the bin top level suffered 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns to his face and hands, as well as a br oken pelvis. Of the two employees in the office, one died of massive injuries du e to falling steel and concrete and the other suffered 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns
Victims (5)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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