Dust explosion · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advance Die Casting Company, LLC, 3760 North Holton Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53212
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee changing filters on a filter system connected to a grinding unit dropped one of the filters into the filter unit. The impact inside the unit created a spark that ignited the aluminum dust, causing an aluminum dust deflagration. A fire ball discharged from the filter unit, contacting and causing second degree burns to the employee's hands.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedAluminum and compounds
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