Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14306195 - Explosion In Dust Collection System

**Accident: 14306195 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 09/08/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
3248416	09/09/1986	2426	Desoto Hardwood Flooring Company

AN EXPLOSION IN THE DUST COLLECTING SYSTEM CAUSED AN INTERIOR WALL OF A BUILDING TO COLLAPSE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING IN AN OFFICE AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING DEBRIS AND WAS KILLED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS BURNED BY A FLASH FIRE AND SUFFERED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS.

Keywords: burn, dust, fire, dust collector, explosion, struck by, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	3248416			Fatality	Concussion	Power plant operators
2	3248416			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Stationary engineers

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