Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200040053 - Two Employees Killed In Fire In A Sawdust Storage Hopper
Accident: 200040053 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 08/14/1996 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300041787 | 08/15/1996 | 2421 | Sagebrush Sales | ||||
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
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | 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. |