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Accident Summary Nr: 692368 - GRAIN-DUST FIRE AND EXPLOSION CAUSED BY TORCH

Accident Summary Nr: 692368 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/04/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3309598	11/12/1986	5153	0	Salmons Farms, Inc.

Abstract: ON OCTOBER 4, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING SCREW CONVEYOR BRACKETS WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH SO THAT THE CONVEYOR COULD BE REMOVED FROM WAREHOUSE #1. THE CONVEYOR WAS ATTACHED TO OVERHEAD STEEL BEAMS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A TWO-TIER HIGH WORK STAND. THE SCREW CONVEYOR WAS COVERED WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF GRAIN DUST. SOME HOT SLAG DROPPED ONTO THE SCREW CONVEYOR, CAUSING SOME OF THE DUST TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND IGNITE. THE SMALL, PRIMARY EXPLOSION DISTURBED MORE DUST, CAUSING IT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND RESULTED IN THE LARGER, SECONDARY EXPLOSION. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS OVER 70% OF HIS BODY. HE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS 8 DAYS LATER.

Keywords: BURN, ACETYLENE TORCH, SCREW CONVEYOR, WAREHOUSE, FIRE, EXPLOSION, MOLTEN METAL, GRAIN DUST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3309598			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Laborers, except construction

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