Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200040053 - Two employees killed in fire in a sawdust storage hopper

Accident Summary Nr: 200040053 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 08/14/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300041787	08/15/1996	2421	0	Sagebrush Sales

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 and coworkers were using portable fire extinguishers and buckets of water to extinguish smoldering sawdust that was falling out of an overhead storage hopper at a sawmill. The plant supervisor was attempting to dislodge smoldering sawdust that was stuck to the hopper's interior side walls. Employees #1 and #2, and the supervisor were under the hopper when the sawdust fell out in a fireball, engulfing them in flames. Employees #1 and #2 were killed. The fire department was called to help extinguish the blaze.

Keywords: BURN, SAWDUST, STORAGE BIN, WORK RULES, FIRE, SAWMILL, COMBUSTIBLE DUST, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300041787			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
2	300041787			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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