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Accident Summary Nr: 201509403 - Worker Suffers Second and Third Degree Burns from Blast

Accident Summary Nr: 201509403 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/28/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312357437	08/28/2009	5093	423930	Custom Alloy Scrap Sales Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on August 28, 2009, Employee #1 of Custom Alloy Scrap Sales Inc. was charging a sifter with powdered aluminum aggregate. He was located on a forklift-mounted platform approximately 7.3 feet in the air. Using a shovel he placed aggregate into the sifter. A spark was observed from the sifter vibrator assembly igniting the combustible aluminum dust. Employee #1 was engulfed in an approximately 12-foot fire blast and was hospitalized for second and third degree burns.

Keywords: BURN, EXPLOSION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SPARK, COMBUSTIBLE DUST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312357437			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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