Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14482459 - One employee killed, one injured in explosion and fire

Accident Summary Nr: 14482459 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 08/18/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116241555	08/18/1993	2879	0	Rhone-Poulenc, Ag Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, millwrights, were preparing to change a ruptured disc on the CAO reactor when the entire CAO loop exploded. The materials being used at this portion of the unit were not flammable; however, the shrapnel from the reactor ruptured and/or severed a methyl iso-butyl ketone (MIBK) line and the unit was engulfed in flames. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: REACTOR, FIRE, RUPTURE, EXPLOSION, MILLWRIGHT, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116241555			Fatality	Burn(Chemical)	Millwrights
2	116241555			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Millwrights

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