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Accident Summary Nr: 14447056 - ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED AND ONE EMPLOYEE INJURED IN EXPLOSION

Accident Summary Nr: 14447056 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 11/03/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107745739	11/03/1989	2892	0	Nitrochem Energy Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a front-end loader operator, and Employee #2, a laboratory technician, were engaged in the process of burning reject product, an ammonium nitrate based blasting agent manufactured by the company, at their designated reject burn site. An uncontrolled explosion occurred. Employee #1 was killed in the explosion, and Employee #2 who was standing in the immediate area was seriously injured. The company did not have a formal written procedure for the burning disposal of reject materials.

Keywords: BURN, EXPLOSIVES, AMMONIUM NITRATE, EXPLOSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107745739			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	107745739			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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