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Accident: 200070357 - Employee Injured Fighting Silo Fire

**Accident: 200070357 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 12/21/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
301927752	01/12/1998	9999	Monticello Volunteer Fire Department

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on December 21, 1997, Employee #1, a 20-year-old volunteer firefighter, was atop a burning 70 ft tall by 20 ft diameter silo, hosing water onto the flames inside. He apparently believed that the fire had been extinguished when coworkers removed a bottom panel from the silo to allow some of the 10,000 gallons of water dispensed on the blaze to drain. When the panel was removed, the resulting back draft caused an explosion. Employee #1 was trapped on top of the silo by the cyclone for approximately two hours. He sustained contusions to his chest and back, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: chest, firefighter, high wind, fire, back, explosion, struck by, combustible dust, contusion, silo

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	301927752			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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