Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14433502 - FOUR EMPLOYEES BURNED IN SUGAR PLANT FIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 14433502 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 06/26/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103905519	06/26/1989	2061	0	Hamakua Sugar Co Inc

Abstract: At about 4:55 a.m. on June 26, 1989, Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 were returning from the main Bagasse Carriers catwalk in a sugar manufacturing plant. Almost instantly after the carrier started, a flash fire started along the main Bagasse Carrier. Employee #1 was hospitalized with second and third degree burns over 40 percent of his body. Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized with second and third degree burns over 25 percent of their bodies. Employee #4 was treated at the hospital and released for second and third degree burns over five percent of his body.

Keywords: BURN, FIRE EXT SYSTEM, KILN, BELT CONVEYOR, FIRE, EXPLOSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103905519	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, extractive occupations
2	103905519	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Power plant operators
3	103905519	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Furnace, kiln and oven operators
4	103905519	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Crushing and grinding machine operators

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