Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200613313 - Two Employees Were Killed in Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 200613313 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 05/14/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314043290	05/14/2010	2892	325920	Black Mag Llc, Dba Bmi & Dba Black Mag Industries

Abstract: On May 14, 2010, Employee's #1 and #2, along with the plant supervisor, were manufacturing the gunpowder substitute known as Black Mag powder. Employee's #1 and #2, were required to hand feed powder into operating equipment because the employer did not implement essential engineering and administrative controls. Additionally, the employer did not implement remote starting procedures, safe distancing, isolated stations, barriers or shielding for the process of manufacturing explosive powder. Consequently, during this process, both Employee #1 and Employee #2 were killed in the event.

Keywords: DYNAMITE, EXPLOSION, POWDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314043290			Fatality	Other	Compressing and compacting machine operators
2	314043290			Fatality	Other	Compressing and compacting machine operators

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