Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170577589 - Employees Injured In Boxcar Explosion
Accident: 170577589 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 05/20/1996 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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105985535 | 05/20/1996 | 2819 | Hoechst Celanese Specialty Chemicals Group | ||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
106102528 | 05/20/1996 | 2819 | Hoechst Celanese Specialty Chemicals Group | ||||
Employees #1 through #3 and 14 coworkers, all fire fighters, were attempting to control or extinguish a burning boxcar. The boxcar contained 140,800 lb of sodium hydrosulfate that was stored in 32 bins, each weighing 4,400 lb. A fire started when one of the bins began to decompose. The fire fighters felt they had the situation under control when the boxcar exploded. Employees #1 through #3 sustained burns and injuries from flying debris. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, firefighter, fire, railroad car, explosion, chemical reaction, boxcar, struck by, flying object, chemical
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 105985535 | Occupation not reported | |||||
2 | 106102528 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported | |||
3 | 106102528 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported | |||
4 | 106102528 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported |