OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809145
BURN,SANDING MACHINE,DUCT,DUST,BELT,FIRE,DUST COLLECTOR,EXPLOSION,PIPE,ARM
Event description
2 EMPLOYEES BURNED WHEN WOOD DUST EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM ONE OF THE FLEXIBLE DUCTS OF A PRODUCTION BELT SANDER GE THE BURNING DUST. WHEN THE BLOWER WAS TURNED BACK ON, THE DUST IN THE PIPE EX PLODED, RUPTURING THE PIPE IN SEVERAL PLACES. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE STANDING NEAR THE RUPTURE POINTS. THEY RECEIVED SEVERAL FIRST DEGREE BURNS FROM THE FLASH FIRE. ONE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SMALL PATCHES OF SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON ONE ARM. . THE SANDER WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE COVER OPENED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SM OKE. A SMALL FIRE WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE THE SANDER IN SOME ACCUMULATED WOOD DUST . PLANT PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. AFTER THIS FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, SMOKE WAS DETECTED COMING FROM THE DUST COLLECTION SYSTEM PIPE OUTSIDE THE PLANT. INV ESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS SOME DUST ON FIRE INSIDE THE PIPE NEAR THE CY CLONE. A HOLE WAS CUT IN THE PIPE AND WATER DIRECTED ONTO THE FIRE. DURING THIS TIME, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BLOWER WAS TURNED OFF. WHILE THE WATER WAS BEING PLACED ONTO THE FIRE IN THE PIPE, AN EMPLOYEE WAS BANGING ON THE PIPE TRYING TO DISLOD
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 19
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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