Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14274450 - Employee dies of smoke inhalation after explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 14274450 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 08/09/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122374846	08/09/1995	2048	0	Moorhead Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using an oxyacetylene torch inside a grain storage tank. The heat produced from the welding and cutting ignited the flammable dust, causing an explosion that knocked Employee #1 unconscious. He died of asphyxia from inhalation of smoke and meat and bone meal powder.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, ACETYLENE TORCH, WORK RULES, INHALATION, EXPLOSION, COMBUSTIBLE DUST, SMOKE INHALATION, CUTTING AND BURNING, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122374846			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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