Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131663.015 - Employee dies from blunt force trauma from explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 131663.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 12/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505456.015	12/09/2020		325180	Optima Belle, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 p.m. on December 8, 2020, an employee was conducting a first-run drying process on a chlorinated solid material in a double cone dryer. At approximately 10:00 pm, the employee left the control room to start adding cooling water to the jacket of the double cone dryer. The employee was standing on the second-story catwalk above the double cone dryer when the double cone dryer exploded. The employee was transported to the hospital. The employee received fatal injuries and died from the trauma from the explosion.

Keywords: Automatic Machine, Blunt force trauma, Catwalk, Explosion

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1505456.015	41	M	Fatality		Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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