Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200040053 - Two employees killed in fire in a sawdust storage hopper
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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300041787 | 08/15/1996 | 2421 | 0 | Sagebrush Sales |
Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 and coworkers were using portable fire extinguishers and buckets of water to extinguish smoldering sawdust that was falling out of an overhead storage hopper at a sawmill. The plant supervisor was attempting to dislodge smoldering sawdust that was stuck to the hopper's interior side walls. Employees #1 and #2, and the supervisor were under the hopper when the sawdust fell out in a fireball, engulfing them in flames. Employees #1 and #2 were killed. The fire department was called to help extinguish the blaze.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 300041787 | Fatality | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c. | ||
2 | 300041787 | Fatality | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c. |