Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200622090 - Employee Is Killed in Aluminum Dust Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 200622090 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 08/25/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305600983	08/19/2002	2819	0	Activated Metals & Chemicals Inc

Abstract: On August 25, 2002, Employee #1 and a coworker were working in the vicinity of a dry, cloth-type baghouse that was used to collect fugitive dust, remove dust from the air, and disperse the dust-free air to the outside of the structure. Apparently, either mechanical agitation or a static charge created a spark that ignited aluminum dust in the bag house, and it exploded. Employee #1 was killed and his coworker was injured when thrown against a metal container. This operation had been installed and in operation since April 2002.

Keywords: STATIC ELECTRICITY, DUST, ALUMINUM DUST, DUST COLLECTOR, EXPLOSION, SPARK, COMBUSTIBLE DUST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305600983			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Grinding, abrading, buffing & polishing mach. op's

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