Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 856153 - Employee dies after being severely burned during flash fire

Accident Summary Nr: 856153 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 07/30/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122194616	07/31/1995	2046	0	A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 30, 1995, Employee #1 was on a platform above a bulk trailer unclogging dry starch from a flexible hose. A dust cloud was created and ignited by an unknown source. A flash fire explosion occurred, burning Employee #1 over 70 to 80 percent of his body. He was hospitalized in a burn unit and died of 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns on August 6, 1995.

Keywords: BURN, DUST, FIRE, EXPLOSION, COMBUSTIBLE DUST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122194616			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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