Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202077053 - Two Employees Are Burned In Explosion At Grain Mill
Accident: 202077053 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 12/30/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309700227 | 01/19/2006 | 1796 | Dove Welding And Manufacturing Co | ||||
On December 30, 2005, Employees #1, #2, welders, and other two employees were involved in cutting and welding operations. The other two employees were working on the outside of a grain elevator leg. Employees #1 and #2 were installing a screw conveyor system inside a tunnel, attached to the grain elevator. The grain elevator belt caught on fire and broke. Then, it fell to the pit of the grain elevator. Due to the flash fire and explosion, Employees #1 and #2, who were working in the tunnel, sustained third degree burns to multiple parts of their bodies. They were hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, tunnel, screw conveyor, fire, welder, construction, welding, explosion, fall, grain elevator
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 1 | 200 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 309700227 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Welders and cutters | |||
2 | 309700227 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Welders and cutters |