Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on January 9, 1996, Employee #1 was standing on a structure that supported a bin containing approximately 75 kg of generate. The generate was a mixture of sodium azide, manganese dioxide, potassium nitrate, silica, aluminum oxide and magnesium silicate, and was very toxic. Ultimately, it was to be made into pellets used in automobile air bags. Employee #1 was using a broomstick, attempting to poke through an obstruction in the flowing pelletizer. A fire erupted, ignited by an unknown source, and at least one explosion occurred. Employee #1 suffered third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body and died at 6:30 a.m. the next day.