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Incident
Inspection #
#
1

Date

Date

1980

1/24/1980

City

State

Indianapolis

IN

Fatality

Injury

Description

Fuel

Dust explosion

Food

General Fuel
Category
Food

Equipment
Involved

Food

Bin/conveyor

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Starch Plant

2041

31122

1980

2/1/1980

Minneapolis

MN

The mill manufactured milk replacer for calves, pigs, and


lambs. The mill was destroyed by an explosion when an
employee lowered a drop cord into a bin to see if it was
empty. A conveyor was running at the bottom of the bin.
The drop cord got caught in the conveyor and caused the
explosion. The explosion spread throughout the steel bins
and the warehouse.

1980

2/8/1980

Decatur

IL

Dust explosion

Food

Wet Corn Milling

1980

5/9/1980

Haskell

OK

Dust explosion

Food

Dehydration Plant

5
6

1980
1980

5/10/1980
7/22/1980

Eden
Jacksonville

NC
FL

0
0

0
0

Food
Food

Unknown
Brewery

1982

1/1/1982

NE

Dust explosion
Dust explosion
A static spark ignited sulfur dust and resulted in an
explosion.

15413321

1982

10

11

NA

14204648

12

13

1675776

14

15

16

1982

1663657

14762504

07/22/2015

1983

5/6/1982

Duluth

10/18/1982 Keokuk

4/19/1983

unknown

Powedered
milk

Sulfur dust

MN

IA

Dust explosion

The fire began in the boiler room that housed a


combination gas-and wood-fueled boiler. A maintenance
supervisor was instructing another employee in boiler
lighting procedures. The boiler was lit three times and on
the third lighting, yellow fire emitted from the front of the
boiler. The fire advanced upward into a sawdust hopper
and a cyclone system, resulting in a dust explosion
throughout the dust collection network in the building. The
explosion triggered fires throughout the duct piping
systems and other openings.

Saw dust

Wood

hopper,
cyclone
system, dust
collection
system

furniture
manufacturer

Wood dust

Wood

Air handling
unit

furniture
manufacturer

WI

1983

5/1/1983

Walkertown

NC

1984

2/20/1984

Owensboro

KY

Dust explosion

2/23/1984

Loveland

OH

1984

6/8/1984

Decatur

IL

Dust explosion

One of several fuel pipes that carry fuel to the boiler


furnace became very hot. When the system was shut
down, an explosion occured in the other fuel pipes. Coal
dust was possibly ignited by the hot fuel pipe. The workers
were preparing to cool the fuel pipe with a fire hose.
Employees #1, 2, 4 and 5 were on the H R deck, unit 1.
Employee #3 was on the H 8 deck, unit 1, 15 feet below
the H R deck. The employees received burns and suffered
from dust inhalation.

A fire started in the dust collector which is connected to


the wheelabrator.The manufacturer of the machine
believes gas from the fire built up in the wheelabrator and
caused the third and biggest explosion; two smaller
explosions took place in the dust collector. A maintenance
worker on the third shift, was found about 7 ft from where
he was standing before the explosion. A witness saw his
head hit the furnace. Another employee was thrown to the
floor about 5 ft from where he was standing, sustaining a Alminum dust
cut on his upper left arm. The fire marshall officer listed
the cause of the fire as static electricity. Neither the dust
collector nor the wheelabrator had been used for over a
week due to repairs. A stone grinder, which is attached to
the dust collector by a duct, was run twice for 8/10 of an
hour. A spark from the stone grinder, or heat build-up from
newly collected dust, may have started the fire. There was
no evidence of fire in any of the ducts.

1984

6/19/1984

Brilliant

Fairfield

OH

IA

Pyrotechnic
dust

Inorganic

hydraulic
press

Food

Coal dust

Coal

Metal

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

$1.5
million

2041

2082

311221

Unknown

Unknown

31212

Industrial Organic
Chemicals

2869

Chem manufact - Industrial


organic chemicals

Spark

Starch Plant

2041

31122

Smoldering
Material

Bolier
furnace

NA

2512

Furniture & fixtures

Production

Production

Maintenance

Cleaning

Flame

$1.2
million

Production

Spontaneous
Combustion

Minor

Dust
Collector

fireworks
manufacturing
company;
chemicals and
chemical
preparations

2899

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Unknown

NA

Production

Corn Gluten
Pelleting Plant

2046

311221

Unknown

Moderate

Dust
Collector

Electric services

4911

Electric Services

Hot surface

NA

3365

Primary metal industries

Spark

NA

Dust
collection
system,
wheelabrator
(Goff airless aluminum foundry
shot blast
equipment
for polishing
aluminum)

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Packaging

Moderate Storage Silo

Furniture & fixtures

Soybean
Processing

Food

1984

6/15/1984

Electric
motor

Food

Two employees of a fireworks manufacturing facility were


operating a hydraulic press, assembling wings. They were
loading clay and two pyrotechnic compounds into
cardboard tubes. There was dust on the floor and in
suspension in the air. One employee noticed a fire on the
floor and on his pants leg. He called a warning and exited
the building through a doorway. The other employee, was
trying to leave when he was blown through another
doorway. A second explosion took place outside the
building where 125 pounds of pyrotechnic compound was
improperly stored. This happened while ten or so
employees were fighting the fire from the first explosion.

Property
Damage

Unknown

The explosion occurred in a room where employees were


bagging fumaric acid (a powdered chemical used as a
sweetner). Apparently a static spark from an electric motor Fumaric acid
ignited dust from the powdered acid and caused the
explosion.

A dust blowoff booth was installed in one of the cabinet


rooms for the removal of wood dust from furntiture tops
and the exhausting of the dust onto the roof. Accumulated
dust was removed from the roof weekly. The fire began
when an employee who was on the roof to clean an air
intake dropped a cigarette into the accumulated wood
dust. The wood dust ignited and fire spread to the roof.

1984

Powdered milk
mill

Inorganic

Plastic

Ignition
Source

Production

Loading/unloading

Inspection

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Inspection #
#

Date

Date

City

State

Fatality

Injury

Description

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

Coal dust

Coal

Coal bin

cement producer

3241

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

Production

Crushing

Production

Sanding/grinding

17

NA

1984

7/18/1984

unknown

CA

An explosion occurred in a coal bin. Fire was initiated by


spontaneous combustion. Carbon dioxide application from
the top was insufficient to prevent the development of an
explosive atmosphere in the confied space above the coal.
When a smoldering fire burns for a considerable time
without being detected, the buildup of volatile gases can
produce an explosive mixture resulting in an explosion.
There was extensive damage to the bin top and to the
conveyor housing feeding the bin.

18

1495985

1984

7/23/1984

Hayden

CO

An explosion occured in the ambient air intake ductwork of


the hayden station, unit 2b mill (coal pulverizer). One
worker was struck by a flying air shroud and killed. The
cause of the explosion is unknown. A citation for lack of
training was recommended.

Coal dust

Coal

coal
pulverizer

Electric services

4911

Electric Services

Unknown

NA

Crushed coal tar pitch had jammed in a "brady" conveyor


system. Four employees had gone to the basement of the
building and removed a section of the pipe. They were
going to increase air pressure in the line to purge the
material by blowing it out at the point where the pipe had
been disconnected. This was a common practice and was
the second time it had been done on this same shift.
When the line clears itself the entire building is engulfed in
coal tar dust. The area had not been cleaned in over two
weeks, allowing an unusual amount of pitch to build up in
the basement. While one of the foremen was at the air
control valve, pressurizing the system to blow out the plug,
a cloud of dust and a ball of fire came upstairs and out of
the basement. There was instantly a flash fire in the
building. Then a major fire broke out as the pitch residue,
which was everywhere, began to burn. The ignition source
for the explosion and fire was most probably a broken
incandescent light bulb.

Coal dust

Coal

"brady"
conveyor belt

Primary
Production of
Aluminum

3334

Primary metal industries

Hot surface

NA

dust collector connected to the time saver machine blew


back through the ductwork of the machine exhaust hoods
and onto the employee's body. The time saver sanding
machine collects steel and aluminum dust from the
surface sanding of steel or aluminum parts processed
through the machine. At the time of this accident the time
saver machine operator was feeding steel parts into the
sander. This process normally generates visible sparks at
the point of sanding. In this instance the sparks became
plugged at the local exhaust hood, near the sanding belt
on the machine, producing a glowing moss of metal. An
employee came into the room to watch the sanding
machine operator try to dislodge the glowing moss with a
rod while standing on the side of the machine. The
employee saw the flexible rubber ductwork behind the
sanding machine operator begin to smoke. The employee,
now standing at the feed end of the sanding machine,
attempted to turn off the electric current to the dust
collection system. At this time, the flash fire occurred and
burned the front of his body from the waist up. The
aluminum dust apparently caught fire from the steel
sparks feeding into a model 20.5 fb-55 torit dust collection
system (dry type with 4 fabric filter bags). This system was
located outdoors. The entire operation was not in
compliance with nfpa std #65 on aluminum processing,

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Time-saver
sanding
machine

Telephone and
Telegraph
Apparatus

3661

Equipment manufacturer industrial

Spark

NA

A piece of tramp metal was accidently dumped into the


south side hopper along with a load of wood chips and
plywood trimmings, but was stopped by metal disc screens
located a few feet from the hopper. The movement of the
screens caused a spark to occur. The spark ignited the
dust in the confined area of the large and open-spaced
dump house. Because the belt conveyer was covered, the
flame wave was able to travel the entire length of the
conveyor system, running ahead of the sprinkler system
located along the inside of the conveyer covering. The fire
reached the two main storage buildings via the conveyer
system. Additional dust was probably suspended in the air
from a pile of sawdust, chips and trimmings, causing a
secondary explosion. This occurred each time the fire
entered one of the two storage buildings.

Wood dust

Wood

Hopper

Reconstituted
Wood Products

2493

Lumber & wood products

Metal strike

> $ 1 Mil

13

Employees were working at a plant that mixes and


packages a pesticide for rats, gophers, ground squirrels,
and similar pests. the product consisted of sodium nitrate,
(Sodium
sulfur, charcoal, and dextrim. an arc produced by some
nitrate, sulfur,
electric equipment started a fuse-like fire on the floor.
charcoal, and
several massive explosions then occurred. one employee
dextrim) dust
was killed, and 13 others were injured in the explosion. the
electric equipment was not approved for the hazardous
location, and there was poor housekeeping at the plant.

Inorganic

Electric
equipment

animal pesticide
packaging plant

7389

Packaging & storage

Flame

NA

Production

Packaging

A primary air fan, a motor, and a coal pulverizer system


running at maximum capacity overloaded, causing the
system to shut down. The seal air pressure in the
pulverizer unit overcame the decaying primary air fan
pressure, causing the coal dust to back flow into the
primary air fan shroud which had been running at 500
degrees fahrenheit. The coal dust coming in contact with
the hot metal caused gasification and spontaneous
combustion. The inboard side of the fan shroud separated
and a large fire ball erupted, burning the three employees
who were nearby.

coal
pulverizer; air
pressure fan; Electric Services
air fan
shroud

4911

Electric Services

Hot surface

NA

Production

Crushing

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1151687

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21

939041

15050487

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23

07/22/2015

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1984

1984

1985

1985

1985

8/10/1984

8/31/1984

2/14/1985

4/3/1985

6/4/1985

Ravenswood

Concord

Albany

Rockford

Glenrock

WV

NH

OR

IL

WY

Coal dust

Coal

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Stone, clay, glass, & concrete Spontaneous


products
combustion

NA

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Inspection #
#
24

Date

Date

1985

6/12/1985

City

State

Clinton

IA

Description

Fuel

General Fuel
Category
Food

Ignition
Source
Fire

Property
Damage
Minor

Stone, clay, glass, & concrete


products

Unknown

NA

2511

Furniture & fixtures

Unknown

NA

manufacturer of
Guided Missiles
and Space
Vehicles

3761

Equipment manufacturer industrial

Static

NA

Plastic

vertical
bucket
container;
light device
w/extension
cord

gum and wood


chemicals

2861

Chem manufact - Industrial


organic chemicals

Electrical

NA

incinerator;
propane
heater

manufacturer of
"smoke" flavoring
for food products
(pyrolysis
technology)

2087

Food products

Flame

Malt Plant

2083

311213

Fatality

Injury

Dust explosion

Coal dust

coal

Wood dust

Wood

Dust
collection
system

Inorganic

Resin (Vinsol)
dust

25

NA

1985

6/18/1985

unknown

NM

An explosion occurred in the coal grinding mill circuit


during a scheduled shutdown of a cement kiln. Property
damage and disruption of production resulted. Physical
damage was limited to the 914.4-mm diameter hot air
supply pipe which had separated at the welded joint, bent
and distorted coal screw feeder covers, the hot air inlet
damper (badly bent), and minor distortion of the cold air
inlet control damper.

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3311347

1985

6/24/1985

Galax

VA

Explosion occurred in dust system of rough mill area;


explosion flashed back through duct intakes.

On august 2, 1985, at approximately 11:14 pm, an


explosion occurred at building m-75. The exact cause of
the explosion is not known, however it is believed to have
started in the final product bag house, spread to the large
dryer and then to the dust collection system. The dryer,
Combustible
final product collection system and dust collector burned at
dust
a high speed, generating high pressures and bursting
these enclosed systems. The resulting fire destroyed the
ingredient preparation area as well. The probable cause of
the incident is a static discharge from the materials moving
through the system.

To free a clogged vertical bucket conveyor, employees


scooped vinsol (resin) with shovels from a pit. A lamp was
positioned through a hinged steel door via an extension
chord. Upon finishing the task, the employees slamed the
door closed, causing an electrical short, which led to a
dust explosion.

Wood

Food

27

28

3264637

100356013

29

2417442

30

31

101651198

32

2204907

1985

1985

8/2/1985

Brighan City

10/24/1985 Brunswick

UT

GA

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Wet Corn Milling

2041

311221

Grinding mill cement producer

3241

Wood Household
Furniture

dust
collection
system,
dryer, and
baghouse

NA

Production

Repair/modification

Foreign
Material

Minor

Bin

2/28/1986

Manitowoc

WI

1986

6/18/1986

Fairfield

CA

Dust explosion

Two employees were mixing and bagging the following


three compounds: aluminum powder (metallic al), iron
oxide, and zirconium silicate. Another employee was
bringing in drums of aluminum powder and placing them
on a metal deck. One of the drums fell 2 to 3 feet, striking
the metal floor and causing a spark. The spark ignited the
metal dust, causing an explosion and fire.

Aluminum
dust

Metal

mixing tank;
drum of
aluminum
powder

chemical and
chemical
preparations

2899

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Metal strike

NA

The employee was charging a 1,000-gallon mixing tank


with dry materials prior to blending a batch of gel lacquer.
Before charging, the tank had been cleaned with 50
gallons of toluene. The tank was charged with 370 pounds
of a chlorinated rubber product and an estimated 120
pounds of carnauba wax. The employee then removed the
polyethylene liner from the fiberboard drum of wax and
shook it. Shaking the polyethylene liner generated a static
spark that ignited the dust and the toluene vapors in the
tank. A flash fire resulted. Nitrogen had been added to the
tank, but sufficient oxygen was still present to support
combustion.

Chlorinated
rubber dust

Plastic

mixing tank

manufacturer of
Adhesives and
Sealants

2891

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Static

NA

Coal dust

Coal

2 portable
quartz light
Electric Services
devices; dust
collector

4911

Electric Services

Hot surface

NA

Wood dust

Wood

Dust
collection
system

Hardwood
Dimension and
Flooring Mills

2426

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

Unknown

Food

bridge
conveyor

Marine Cargo
Handling

4491

Packaging & storage

Fire

NA

Alcohol Plant

2046

311221

Hot Bearing

Minor

1986

7/22/1986

Grafton

Elk Grove Village

OH

IL

33

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1986

7/29/1986

Becker

MN

A lead worker and four other employees were assigned


the task of changing dust filter bags on a coal dust
collector at an electric power generation plant. Using their
employer's energy control procedures, they isolated the
system and set up the job. The employees were using two
portable 500-watt quartz lights--one on the work platform
and one at floor level. The light at floor level had a broken
lens. While this light was on, one of the employees noticed
coal dust falling on the light and realized that that was an
explosion hazard. He reached for the light, and it
exploded,.

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3248416

1986

9/8/1986

Memphis

TN

An explosion in the dust collecting system caused an


interior wall of a building to collapse. An employee sitting
in an office and was struck by falling debris and was killed.

35

100145838

1986

9/13/1986

Ashtabula

OH

Fire broke out on a bridge conveyor. Employees entered


conveyor with fire extinguishers. The burning conveyor
belt broke, causing two dust explosions.

1986

12/15/1986 Peoria

IL

Dust explosion

12/31/1986 Galax

VA

Employees preparing to start a fire in a boiler by inserting


kindling into the firebox; some airborne dust entered the
firebox when an ignition source (burning newspaper) was
added to the boiler, causing a flashback.

Wood dust

Wood

boiler/firebox

Hardwood
Dimension and
Flooring Mills

2426

Lumber & wood products

Fire

NA

NY

An employee was removing (grinding) tefcon coatings


from aluminum fuser rolls when explosion occurred.

Aluminum
dust

Metal

grinder,
aluminum
fuser rolls

Coating,
Engraving, and
Allied Services

3479

Fabricated metal products

Unknown

NA

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37

3349669

1986

38

100179662

1987

07/22/2015

2/4/1987

Marion

Food

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Unknown

Ingrident preparation

1986

7/1/1986

Work Activity

Production

A construction company was renovating an incinerator at a


liquid smoke manufacturer. The pipe used to feed
charcoal dust into the incinerator became filled with
charcoal dust. While attempting to fit the pipe to the ceiling
of the incinerator, an employee removed the end cap,
Charcoal dust
releasing the accumulated charcoal dust. The dust made
contact with a propane heater being used inside a
temporary enclosure around the incinerator. A flash fire
resulted.

1986

Area of
Facility
Dryer

Production

Loading/unloading

Production

Unknown

Bucket
Elevator

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Incident
Inspection #
#

39

100344555

Date

1987

Date

3/18/1987

City

Grove Hill

State

AL

Fatality

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

On march 18, 1987, an employee went outside to light a


sawdust burner with a borrowed disposable butane
cigarette lighter. The wind was high (approximately 30-40
mph) that day. The employee went inside the burner to
light the sawdust, then came out and closed the door
behind him. He then started to run. He ran around the
yard, on fire, until he found a puddle of rain water. He then
began to roll in the water, trying to put out the fire. It is
conjectured that the wood dust inside the burner was
heavily suspended in air (due to the high winds) and
exploded in a flash fire when the employee lit the
disposable butane cigarette lighter. Alternatively, it is
conjectured that the disposable cigarette lighter may have
exploded.

Wood dust

Wood

Saw dust
burner

manufacturer of
furniture

2531

Furniture & fixtures

Flame

NA

Disposal

Saw dust
incineration

Iron dust

Metal

Dust
collection
system

steel plant

3312

Primary metal industries

Unknown

NA

Production

Repair/modification

cab-/-sic dust

Plastic

Mixer

fabricator of
rubber products

3069

Rubber & plastic products

Unknown

NA

Production

Loading/unloading

Metal

surface
dresser belt
sander metal
finishing
sheet metal work
machine;
dust
collection
system

3444

Fabricated metal products

Unknown

NA

Production

Sanding/grinding

Dryer
Bucket
Elevator

Injury

Description

40

104054697

1987

3/27/1987

East Chicago

IN

Employees were removing dust bags from a Pangborn


dust collector located in the 4-A roll shop at the company's
plant #2. The dust collector had two rooms: a motor room
for the exhaust fan, and a bag room, in which bags hung
from the ceiling over a hopper that was protected by a
grate. a contractor hired to remove the dust with a vacuum
truck, was in the motor room. His head and shoulders
were through a 14 by 34 inch porthole leading into the bag
room. He was taking bags from one employee and
throwing them out of the dust collector. The vacuum truck
was connected to the hopper and was in operation when
an explosion occurred in the hopper and flames shot
upward to where the three employees were working.

41

103927687

1987

4/8/1987

Mishawaka

IN

An employee was adding several bags of a chemical


(cab-/-sic Osica) and xylene to a 500 gallon churn. The
xylene and the chemical dust ignited, causing flash fire

1987

6/10/1987

Salt Lake City

UT

Employees were present when a surface dresser belt


sander metal finishing machine had been used to surface
aluminum plate parts. The particulate matter was drawn
into a bag dust collector and the process was then
changed to steel. A leadman saw smoke coming from the
machine, but ignored it. After about an hour, profuse
smoke came out of the dust collector and when the
residue tray was opened a sparking fire was observed.
When the shag door was opened, the fire level increased.
An employee used an ABC fire extinguisher to put out the
fire, causing the dust to explode into a fireball.

43

1987

9/13/1987

Decatur

AL

Dust explosion

Food

Wet Corn Milling

2041

311221

Fire

Moderate

44

1988

1/14/1988

Marshall

MN

Dust explosion

Food

Corn Wet Milling

2046

311221

Metal Sparks

Minor

45

1988

3/19/1988

Santa Maria

CA

Dust explosion

Food

Sugar Processing

2063

311313

Unknown

Unknown

Two chemical operators received chemical burns on their


upper torsos when a deflagration blast occurred as they
were charging a catalyst into a reactor through a 14 inch
charge port. they were both hospitalized.

reactor;
charge port

pharmaceutical
manufacturing

2834

Chem Manufact Pharmaceutical Preparations

Smoke was seen coming from one of the flexible ducts of


a production belt sander. The sander was shut down and
the cover opened to determine the cause of the smoke. A
small fire was discovered inside the sander in some
accumulated wood dust. Plant personnel extinguished the
fire. After this fire was extinguished, smoke was detected
coming from the dust collection system pipe outside the
plant. Investigation revealed that there was some dust on
fire inside the pipe near the cyclone. A hole was cut in the
pipe and water directed onto the fire. During this time, the
exhaust system blower was turned off. While the water
was being placed onto the fire in the pipe, an employee
was banging on the pipe trying to dislodge the burning
dust. When the blower was turned back on, the dust in the
pipe exploded, rupturing the pipe in several places.

Wood dust

Wood

production
belt sander

hardwood veneer
and plywood
manufacturer

2435

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

Manganese
dust

Metal

Dust
collection
system

Electric and Gas


Welding and
Soldering
Equipment

3548

Equipment manufacturer industrial

42

46

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47

2981835

1988

1988

3/30/1988

4/15/1988

Union

Roseboro

NJ

NC

Aluminum
dust

Catalyst dust Pharmaceutical

Production

Loading/unloading

NA

Production

Sanding/grinding

Unknown

NA

Production

Loading/unloading

Production

Loading/unloading

48

102433224

1988

5/12/1988

Cleveland

OH

Three production operations were functioning: the #3


screening system, where an inert material is ground,
sized, and screened; the dryer, where ferromanganese is
stabilized; and the nugget system, where manganese and
iron powders are mixed with a "glue" to make "nuggets." A
series of explosions occurred, probably originating at the
nugget machine where sparks/fire entered the outside bag
dust collector through the duct work, causing a violent
explosion within the collector. The top of the collector blew,
and flaming pieces of metal flew onto a wooden portion of
the plant roof. The fire spread rapidly because of the wood
roof, the combustible dust/powders in the plant and,
possibly, because of ruptured gas lines.

49

103294435

1988

7/13/1988

Lima

OH

A 30-ton ladle containing 50,000 lbs of molten iron


snapped and spilled an unknown quantity of iron onto the
floor at the south end of a 20ft pit in an iron foundry. A
flash fire was immediately created by the combustion of
the molten iron and foundry dust.

Metal dust

Metal

30-ton ladle;
Alliance
overhead
cab crane

steel foundry

3325

Primary metal industries

Hot surface

NA

50

101238335

1988

11/19/1988 Addyston

OH

Employee lowered an exposed light bulb into a hopper in


order to see while cleaning; the water used to clean the
hopper broke the bulb, igniting the dust and causing an
explosion.

Plastic dust

Plastic

Hopper

plastics materials,
synthetic resins,
and
nonvulcanizable
elastomers

2821

Chem manufact - Plastics


materials & synthetic resins

Hot surface

NA

07/22/2015

277239407.xls

NA

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#
51

Date

Date

1988

12/2/1988

City

State

Minneapolis

MN

Description

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Fatality

Injury

Facility Type

Dust explosion

Wood dust

Wood

mill boiler;
Dust
collection
system

paper product
manufacturer

Secondary
nonferrous
metals

Food

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

3112

Unknown

Minor

2421

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

3341

Primary metal industries

Static

NA

2099

Food products

Hot surface

311221

SIC Code

Oat Mill

52

105988828

1988

12/2/1988

Bellamy

AL

An employee was inspecting a mill boiler and associated


compartments, which had been idling for approximately 21
hours. When the employee opened the inspection door to
a fly ash collector, the opening of the door resulted in an
influx of air that apparently caused the bridged dust to
flame up, weaken, and fall out.

53

100503093

1989

1/11/1989

Robesonia

PA

Employee working on metal line brushing aluminum dust


into mixing drum with hand brush; the static electricity
ignited the dust, causing an explosion and fire.

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Hand brush;
mixing drum

54

108038944

1989

1/25/1989

Battle Creek

MI

An explosion occurred with the pulverizer of a hammer mill


(which was driving granulated sugar through a screen to
produce fine powdered sugar), causing a possible second
explosion in the soundproof room that employees were
working in.

Sugar dust

Food

hammer
mill/pulverize food preparations
r

55

1989

2/3/1989

Atchison

KS

Dust explosion

Food

Bulk Feed
Warehouse

2046

56

1989

2/14/1989

Cedar Rapids

IA

Dust explosion

Food

Chemical
Processing Plant

28

Fabricator of
Wire Products

3496

Wet Corn Milling

57

18221762

58

1989

3/2/1989

Wilkes Barre

PA

Three employees were in the area of a dry-type dust


collection device that was being used to collect aluminum
and steel dust from a grinder/polisher. The steel dust
created heat and sparks, which ignited the aluminum dust
in the dust collector. One of the employees noticed smoke
and flames and attempted to extinguish the fire using an
H2O fire extinguisher. The fire increased rapidly in
intensity, burning all three employees.

1989

5/12/1989

Decatur

IL

Dust explosion

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Food

59

106572217

1989

7/13/1989

Fort Smith

AR

An explosion occurred in the powder room of the facility


when chemicals used in a coating process were ignited.
The source of ignition was unknown. The rubber coating is
applied in a dust form. The dust probably was sparked by
a device that emits an eletcric static discharge.

Plastic dust

Plastic

60

107929630

1989

8/7/1989

Elkhart

IN

A high-speed spindle assembly malfunctioned,


overheated, and partially disintigrated, sending either hot
metal or burning wood into a dust collector system. An
explosion took place in the bag house of the system,
causing a back blast down the duct work.

Wood dust

Wood

61

NA

1989

Coal dust

Coal

Information not cleared for public release

Dust
collection
system;
grinder/polish
er

Unknown

conveyor
belt, coal
crusher unit

Area of
Facility
Dust
Collector

Work Activity

Production

Inspection

NA

Production

Crushing

Electric
Sparks

Moderate

End of
Storage
Building

Fire

Minor

Dust
Collector

Fabricated metal products

Spark

NA

Production

2046

311221

Hot Metal

Severe

Drag
Conveyor

Miscellaneous
Fabricated Wire
Products

3496

Fabricated metal products

Static

NA

Unsupported
Plastics Profile
shapes

3082

Rubber & plastic products

Hot surface

NA

power plant

Electric Services

Production

Sanding/grinding

Inspection

62

1989

11/13/1989 Keokuk

IA

Dust explosion

Food

Wet Corn Milling

2046

311221

Unknown

Minor

63

1989

11/22/1989 Keokuk

IA

Dust explosion

Food

Starch Plant

2041

31122

Fire

Moderate

1990

1/17/1990

OH

Employees were mixing magnesium powder (metallic),


calcium carbide, and sodium chloride. They were using a
steel pipe to loosen a blockage in a magnesium batching
hopper. The pipe caused a spark to ignite the magnesium,
causing a flash fire and explosion.

Magnesium
dust

Metal

Magnesium
batching
hopper

Chemical
preparations
facility

2899

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Metal strike

NA

Accumulations of paper dust at the bow truss level to the


roof decking were ignited by heat from an overhead
natural gas heater. The fire spread rapidly both
horizontally and vertically because of the dust
accumulations. Accumulations of dust and paint on
automatic sprinklers delayed sprinkler activation.

Paper dust

Wood

natural gas
heater

cardboard box
manufacturer

Paper products

Unknown

$12.0
million

Production

Unknown

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Lincoln arc
welder
#6251; Type
N RotoClone dust
collection
machine

electrical
generation plant

1731

Electric Services

Spark

NA

Production

Repair/modification

Production

Inspection

64

110292604

65

NA

1990

2/19/1990

Avon Lake

OR

66

108581760

1990

3/31/1990

Newburgh

IN

An employee started welding cable tray brackets and


conduit pipe supports while standing on top of an exhaust
duct leading to the the outside of the building.The duct
came from a wet type dust collection machine, and carried
aluminum fines and dust. Due to a gap in the duct,
aluminum fines were dispersed into open air. Welding
sparks ignited the dust and fines, which created a fireball.

67

104362215

1990

4/20/1990

Baltimore

MD

After a maintenance shutdown, an employee restarted a


nitride line. An explosion occurred within the elevator of
the line, and hot dust escaped through the vent panel.

Metal dust

Metal

Elevator

Electrometallurgic
al Products

3313

Primary metal industries

Unknown

NA

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Dust
collection
system

nonferrous
metals

3341

Primary metal industries

Unknown

NA

Magnesium
dust

Metal

Pneumatic
feed;
hammer mill

Nonferrous
foundaries

3369

Primary metal industries

Unknown

NA

Wet Corn Milling

2046

311221

Hot Metal

Minor

68

103483178

1990

6/21/1990

Hot Springs

AR

Witnessing paint peeling off the lower part of a hopper in a


newly-installed aluminum dust collection system, two
employees recognized this as an indication that the dust
was on fire. The system was closed off and the dampers
were shut so that the fire would be smothered from lack of
oxygen. The fire appeared to have gone out, when an
explosion occurred in the hopper.

69

109364612

1990

6/29/1990

Tamaqua

PA

One employee was manually dumping magnesium powder


into a pneumatic feed that would feed larger particles to a
hammermill. Another employee was sweeping. The
magnesium dust ignited and caused a flash fire.

1990

9/27/1990

Pekin

IL

Dust explosion

70

07/22/2015

Food

277239407.xls

Unknown
Dust
Collector

Bucket
Elevator

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

71

111934428

72

73

74

Date

1990

1990

104435987

112402128

75

1990

1990

1991

Date

City

10/22/1990 Corcoran

11/5/1990

11/9/1990

Grand Rapids

Baltimore

11/27/1990 Franklin

4/1/1991

Keokuk

State

Fatality

Injury

Description

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

Cotton dust

Textile

battery
condenser

cotton ginning/
agriculture
services

724

Textile products

Unknown

NA

Production

Cleaning

Food

Bulk Flour Station

2041

Fire

Minor

Storage Bin

welding
Electrometallurgic
device; dust
al Products
collector

3313

Primary metal industries

Fire

NA

reconstituted
wood products

2493

Lumber & wood products

Hot surface

NA

Production

Starch Plant

2041

31122

Unknown

Moderate

Dust
Collector

sawmill

2421

Lumber & wood products

Hot surface

NA

Production

Cleaning

CA

Employee was operating a gin when the battery


condenser became plugged. To unplug it, he ascended to
the top of the battery condenser, opening the top and
bottom doors, and then returned to the top door. He felt air
coming up from the machine. The cotton dust insdie the
condenser erupted in flames, sending a flash of flames to
the ceiling.

MI

Dust explosion

Chemetal employee was working with welding contractor,


attaching guardrails to a fixed platform and ladder. Sparks
ignited a garbage bag, which was removed; however, a
spark entered the dust collector and ignited the cloud
inside.Chemetal used fire extinguisher; then an explosion
occurred.

Metal dust

Metal

Saw dust

Wood

MD

VA

Dust was coming from the Baur filter of the south tower.
Two employees were dispatched to the tower. They
removed the door of the Baur filter and were attempting to
unplug the filter, when they became engulfed in flames.
Sawdust from the open door of the filter and dust from the
air outlet created a dust cloud that infused the tower and
filtered down to the hot surface (742-810 degrees
Fahrenheit) of the dust system and ignited.

IA

Dust explosion

76

105307003

1991

4/11/1991

Veneta

OR

An employee was inside a baghouse, cleaning the bags


that are used to remove wood dust and particulates as
part of a plant's wood dust exhaust system. Process
involves entering baghouse through acess hole located
toward bottom of the funnel-shaped structure and
manually shaking the cloth bags. Employee entered by a
ladder inserted through access hole. A rubber-handled
trouble light was attached to the end of the ladder,
extending outside the structure. Wood dust falling through
the access hole was ignited by the light; fire instantly
spread through the interior of the baghouse.

77

112065024

1991

6/6/1991

Santa Fe Springs

CA

An explosion occurred at the granulator in a wet blend


area. Sodium chlorite (NaCIO2), CAS#7758-19-2, was
found to be in use at the work site.

Pneumafil
Baur filter

Food

Wood dust

Wood

bag house,
rubberhandled
trouble light,
dust
collection
system

Sodium
chlorite

Inorganic

granulator

pharmaceutical
preparations

2834

Chem Manufact Pharmaceutical Preparations

Unknown

NA

Production

Unknown

Polyalphamet
hyl styrene
dust

Plastic

Mikropal #3
micropulveriz
er (equipped
with a .032
in. screen),
Dust
collection
system

special industry
machinery

3559

Equipment manufacturer industrial

Metal strike

NA

Production

Loading/unloading

Repair/modification

78

17901349

1991

6/12/1991

Littleton

NH

An employee was feeding 400 lb of granular


polyalphamethyl styrene (CAS 25014-31-7) through a
micropulverizer (equipped with a .032 in. screen) into a
dust collector. The dust collector unit has a continuously
self-cleaning bag filter located inside the building and had
no provision for explosion relief or venting. Apparently a
piece of metal between 1 and 2 in. got past the magnet in
the micropulverizer, ignited the dust in the system, and
caused a fire and explosion that blew open the access
door to the dust collector.

79

108505983

1991

9/1/1991

Las Vegas

NM

A dust explosion occurred when 3 employees were


repairing a broken conveyor belt that runs inside a
covered conveyor.

Wood dust

Wood

conveyor belt

reconstituted
wood products

2493

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

An employee was cutting the metal rod of a machine press


with an acetylene torch while another employee was on a
forklift holding the machine press steady. As the metal rod
was totally cut off, the forklift jerked and a cloud of dust
that had accumulated on top of the lighting fixture drifted
downward. As the dust came in contact with the acetylene
torch flame, it ignited and formed a fireball that burned
both employees.

Metal dust

Metal

machine
press,
acetylene
torch

Plastics Materials
and Basic Forms
and Shapes

5162

Rubber & plastic products

Flame

NA

Production

Cereal Plant

2043

31123

Spark

Minor

Dust
Collector

80

112119029

1991

9/21/1991

81

1991

9/24/1991

82

1991

12/17/1991 Romeo

83

1992

84

85

NA

115037293

07/22/2015

1992

1992

6/3/1992

7/31/1992

10/3/1992

Gardena

CA

Information not cleared for public release

Center Falls

Baltimore

Gary

Food

MI

11

An explosion resulted as a spark created by a worker with


an allen wrench who was turning a screw to adjust a
machine. The spark ignited some propellant dust and a
Sodium Azide
vacuum system carried the fire to another room where a
barrel of dust exploded.

RI

Dust explosion

Food

On Thursday July 30th a panel door blew off the dust


hopper and the unit was shut down. Metal dust was still
smoldering within the equipment on firday when two
Ferromagane
maintenance employees attempted to replace collection
se
bags within the equipment. Opening the hopper caused
air to ignite the metal dust that was smoldering. A flash fire
occurred.

Metal

An employee was dumping powdered magnesium into a


mixer on a platform. A flash fire occurred when a static
spark from the dust collector hose ignited a suspension of
magnesium above the mixer opening. The magnesium
suspension was created when the second drum was
dumped. The employee either jumped or fell to the
concrete floor, gashing his head. He suffered third-degree
burns over more than 90 percent of his body. He was
taken to the Chicago Burn Center, where he died later that
day.

Metal

MD

IN

Cleaning

Magnesium
dust

Inorganic

Machine/
Vvacuum
system

Spark from
tool
Toy Mfg.

3944

339932

hopper

Electrometallurgic
al Products

3313

Primary metal industries

mixer, dust
collector
hose

industrial
furnances and
ovens

3567

Equipment manufacturer industrial

277239407.xls

Unknown

Static

Production

Minor

NA

Maintenance

Storage Bin

Dust
Collector

Maintenance

Production

Loading/unloading

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

86

87

88

89

107118499

111141339

107355562

17903816

90

Date

1992

1992

1993

Date

City

11/18/1992 Rapid City

12/4/1992

1/6/1993

Beaufort

Deer Park

State

SD

NC

NY

Fatality

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Wood dust

Wood

Dust
collection
system

reconstituted
wood products

2493

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

Wood dust

Wood

Silo

hardwood veneer
and plywood
manufacturer

2435

Lumber & wood products

Fire

At approximately 2:00 a.m., four employees were at work


during the night shift in a factory when an explosion of
unknown origin occurred. The explosion blew out concrete
block walls and engulfed the factory in flames and smoke.
Two of the employees escaped through an opening
created by a downed wall. They were injured, but did not
require hospitalization. The other two died of multiple
injuries and smoke inhalation. Exit doors were kept locked
and latched during the night shift.

Vitamin dust

Pharmaceutical

Oven

vitamin and food


supplement
manufacturer

2034

Chem Manufact Pharmaceutical Preparations

Wood dust

Wood

Diehl ripsaw,
dust
collection
system

shoe
manufacturing

2499

Wet Corn Milling

Injury

Description
Two employees were operating and monitoring a self-fed
industrial wood sanding machine used in a particleboard
production process. The shaved wood particles were
collected by a pneumatic extraction system and
transported to pollution control equipment consisting of a
cyclone and baghouse (filter). An ignition source within the
confined chambers of the pollution control equipment
initiated a wood dust explosion. The explosion and fire ball
propagated backward through the dust extraction system
and entered the work area.

A wood silo fire was reported on December 2, 1992 and


continued through December 4, 1992, at silo #2. Attempts
were made on Wednesday and Thursday morning to
mechanically remove the embers and material inside the
silo, but the attempts were unsuccessful. Access doors
were then opened and the material was removed manually
by members of the fire department and employees and
management of Atlantic Veneer. On Friday morning,
employees were cleaning out silo #2 and removing
material when wood dust inside the silo ignited and shot
out of the west side access door approximately 83 ft. No
employees were wearing protective clothing.

1993

2/8/1993

Ashland

NH

An ignition source, probably a saw, caused a small fire


and/or deflagration at the dust collection system
baghouse. A low-pitch rumble was heard by employees,
who then saw a large volume of dust blow out of the return
air ducts, followed by a flame. A secondary explosion
occurred, and the resulting pressure wave pushed out a
section of wall in the opposite end of the plant.

1993

3/21/1993

Cedar Rapids

IA

Dust explosion

91

120469168

1993

3/24/1993

West Coulmbia

SC

92

102878584

1993

4/26/1993

Westbury

NY

Oven fire; cause unknown although suspected to be


caused due to accumulation of combustible dust

114997323

94

Flame

NA

Production

Capsulation

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

Production

Cutting

2046

311221

Unknown

Minor

Dryer

air arc gauge


Plastics
with
Materials,
Plasmarc Synthetic Resins,
and
and
Mappgas;
Nonvulcanizable
mixing tank
Elastomers

Vitamin dust

Plastic

2821

Chem manufact - Plastics


materials & synthetic resins

Spark

NA

Production

Repair/modification

Pharmaceutical

vitamin and food


supplement
manufacturer

2834

Chem Manufact Pharmaceutical Preparations

Unknown

NA

Production

Capsulation

Dust
collection
system,
manufacturer of
LaRouche
pottery products
machine, airlay machine

3269

Stone, clay, glass, & concrete


products

Metal strike

NA

Production

Loading/unloading

Food Plant

2099

3119

Unknown

Severe

Top of
Storage Bins

oven

IN

1993

5/17/1993

Owatonna

MN

Dust explosion

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Metal bucket

manufacturer of
pressed and
blown glass

3229

Stone, clay, glass, & concrete


products

Static

NA

Production

Loading/unloading

Wood dust

Wood

Unknown

industrial and
personal paper
products

5113

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

Storage

Cleaning

Candy Mfg.

2064

31133

Fire

Moderate

Dust
Collector

metal stampings

3469

Fabricated metal products

Explosion

NA

Bakery Mix Plant

2045

311822

Sparks

Moderate

9/3/1993

Swissvale

PA

96

123717092

1993

9/27/1993

Klamath Falls

OR

An employee was blowing down wood dust that had


accumulated in a raw material storage area of a
particleboard plant. During this time, a wood dust fire had
started in another portion of the plant, which soon traveled
to the area where he was working. A secondary wood dust
explosion and fire resulted.

1993

10/25/1993 Hamilton

NJ

Dust explosion

1993

12/2/1993

Abingdon

MD

A barrel of aluminum dust stored adjacent to electrical


panels somehow became contaminated with water, which
exothermically reacted with the aluminum dust to form
hydrogen gas. The lid blew off, and a cloud of the dust
exploded. Nearby combustible material ignited.

1994

4/21/1994

Cedar Rapids

IA

Dust explosion

07/22/2015

Cleaning

Lowell

1993

99

Storage

5/12/1993

108755448

119577575

NA

1993

95

98

Work Activity

An employee was preparing to dump a bag of resin into a


hopper with a forklift when the resin reclaim unit blew out.
The dust ignited in the duct system and traveled to the
reclaim unit, where the blast enjulfed the area. The initial
spark may have occurred from a steel-on-metal spark in
the LaRouche machine or an overheated bearing in the
air-lay machine.

An employee poured approximately 21 lbs of highly


explosive aluminum powder into a rotating metal bucket
that contained other powdered metal pigments. During the
pouring, a dust explosion and fire occurred. Possible
explanation: a buildup of static charge occurred during the
pouring of the powder in combination with dust conditions
in the metal rotating bucket.

97

Area of
Facility

Food

A partially completed, electrically controlled supply line


from a holding tank to a mixing tank was filled with dry
terephthalic acid (TPA) up to a closed valve. Employees
were assigned to cut out a section of steel grate above the
Dry
mixing tank for access. The cut was being made with an
Terephthalic
air arc gauge with Plasmarc and Mappgas. The tank was
acid dust
under the supply line. The valve was inadvertently opened,
releasing TPA dust into the atmosphere where the cutting
was conducted. This caused an explosion and fire, in
which two employees were killed and two others injured.

93

Resin dust

Plastic

Food

Food

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Food

Barrel

277239407.xls

Dust
Collector

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

100

108563958

101
102

105

106

City

State

Fatality

Injury

Description

1994

4/21/1994

Owensville

IN

22

1994

5/28/1994

Cedar Rapids

IA

Dust explosion

A custom cabinet making business was severly damaged


by a dust fire when sawdust ignited during a sanding
operation.

1994
120052121

Date

A smoldering coal fire in a turbine generator hopper was


being monitored. Fire hoses were pumping water down
19-inch-wide floor openings, which were normally covered,
into the hopper, which was in a bunker room on the south
side of a coal tripper. The fire escalated. Two yard
supervisors were at the bunker room door handling fire
hoses. Four yard workers were using the fire hoses to
pump water into the hopper. At 9:00 AM, just as a
township fire fighter walked through the east door of the
ninth floor bunker room, an explosion occurred.

1994

103
104

Date

6/1/1994
6/16/1994

Baltimore
Shakopee

MD
MN

0
0

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

Coal dust

Coal

turbine
generator
hopper

Electric Services

4911

Electric Services

Flame

NA

Production

Extinguising fire

Food

Starch Plant

2041

31122

Hot Metal

Moderate

Blender

Wood

Cabinet
manfacturer

$50 K

Production

sawdust

Dust explosion

Sander

Food

Malt Plant

Furniture & fixtures


2083

311213

Unknown

Severe

3552

Textile products

Spark

NA

Production

Cleaning

Manufacturing

grinding

press bay

remodeling work in a
press bay; grinding
metal duct
contaminated with
sodium azide

1994

7/16/1994

Information not cleared for public release

Textile dust

Textile

grinder, dust
collection
textile machinery
system

1994

9/14/1994

Information not cleared for public release

Titanium dust

metal

rubber hoses
and grinder

Jet Parts Plant

chemical

metal duct

Vehicle parts and


accessories

3714

Manufacturing

1994

9/16/1994

Mesa

AZ

Contractors were doing remodeling work in a press bay at


TRW. An employee was grinding on a metal duct that was sodium azide
contaminated with sodium azide, causing an explosion.

Wood dust

Wood

None

particle board
manufacturer

2493

Lumber & wood products

grinding

107

125287839

1994

11/20/1994 Lenoir

NC

The incident occurred in the particle board manufacturing


portion of the plant. Raw dust was taken in and redefined
into finished sheets of particle board. It was determined
that there were three potential sources of ignition: a stray
piece of metal in a grinding maching that sparked, a leak
in an overhead oil line that atomized and subsequently
ignited, or a natural gas leak in the vicinity of the thermal
transfer unit that was ignited explosively. Following the
initiating event, four explosions occurred throughout the
facility. These explosions were caused by dust in the
facility that was placed into suspension in the air by each
prior explosion. The dust in suspension then came into
contact with an ignition source and ignited explosively. It
was observed that there were large amounts of dust
throughout the facility, and there were minimal efforts to
control ignition sources.

108

120177902

1994

12/16/1994 Sacramento

CA

Employees were inspecting a dust collection system bag


house. After taking oxygen readings, both began work in
the collector and bag house. A 110 volt halogen light was
being used; it became hot and ignited the dust, causing an
explosion/fire.

Wood dust

Wood

Halogen
light, Dust
collection
system

Facilities support
services

8744

Unknown

Hot surface

NA

An employee was attempting to change an aluminum


powder sensor for a storage/convey tank. The electrical
power to the sensor was still present when the unit went
into operation and generated an aluminum cloud. The
combination of these factors caused two successive
explosions and ensuing fires in which the employee was
killed. Electrical test instruments belonging to the
employee were found in another location. The electrical
power had not been eliminated and the pneumatic energy
source had not been identified and controlled.

Aluminum
dust

Metal

storage/conv
eyor tank

manufacturer of
aluminium
powder and paste

3399

Primary metal industries

Unknown

NA

Aluminum
dust

Metal

conveyor
booths

motorcycles,
bicycles, and
parts

3751

Equipment manufacturer transportation

Metal strike

NA

Wet Corn Milling

2046

311221

Explosive

Aluminum
dust

Metal

109

110

123794521

106549199

111
112

NA

1995

1/4/1995

1995

2/28/1995

1995

3/24/1995

1995

3/25/1995

Louisville

KY

Olney

IL

25

27 employees were working inside a building that


contained various equipment for assembling aluminum
alloy bicycle rims, including 3 conveyor-fed booths in
which brushing and polishing were done. The booths had
exhaust systems that deposited the aluminum dust into an
enclosed basement. Heat or sparks from wheels that were
being polished or brushed caused a fire that traveled from
a booth to the basement, resulting in explosion and
additional fire.

Blacksburg

VA

A spark ignited aluminum dust in a hopper inside the plant.


A contractor was grinding steel when sparks from his
operation started the blaze.

Information not cleared for public release

Food

113

122021017

1995

5/22/1995

Morrisville

PA

On May 22, 1995, an employee was using a steel hoe to


clean out the flaker, a piece of processing equipment in
the phosphorus pentasulfide unit at a plant in Morrisville,
Phosphorus
NJ. When the unit door was opened, air entered the flaker, pentasulfide
ignition occurred, and a flash fire propagated through the
cleanout door.

114

122194616

1995

7/30/1995

Decatur

IL

An employee was on a platform above a bulk trailer,


unclogging dry starch from a flexible hose. A dust cloud
was created and ignited by an unknown source. A flash
fire explosion occurred.

1995

9/26/1995

Cedar Rapids

IA

Dust explosion

1995

9/29/1995

115
116

119874550

117
118

07/22/2015

NA

Information not cleared for public release

1995

11/16/1995 Spokane

WA

Two bags of aluminum dust caught fire. The 2,000-pound


bags of aluminum dust were stacked inside the
warehouse. Origin of fire unspecified.

1995

12/11/1995 Muscatine

IA

Dust explosion

Starch dust

Sanding

Bucket
Elevator

Production

Inspection

Storage

Repair/modification

Moderate Storage Silo

Fabricated metal products

Production

Sanding/grinding

Inorganic

steel hoe,
flaker

industrial
inorganic
chemicals

2819

Chem manufact - Industrial


inorganic chemicals

Spark

NA

Production

Cleaning

Food

Flex hose

wet corn milling

2046

Food products

Unknown

NA

Storage

Loading/Unloading

2077

311613

Spontaneous
Combustion

Minor

Storage Bin

2431

Lumber & wood products

Food
Sawdust

Wood

Aluminum
dust

Metal
Food

Bin

Animal ByProduct Plant


lumber/wood
products
aluminum metal
product
manufacturer
Wet Corn Milling

277239407.xls

2046

Fabricated metal products

Unknown

311221

Unknown

Storage
Moderate

Dust
Collector

Unknown

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

119

122113871

120

121

NA

109202127

Date

1995

1995

1996

Date

City

12/11/1995 Lawerence

12/13/1995 Fitzwilliam

1/9/1996

122

106335979

1996

1/24/1996

123

122195043

1996

2/27/1996

Lakeland

Hayden

State

MA

NH

FL

AZ

Fatality

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

37

An electric spark ignited a combustible nylon fiber dust


cloud in the hopper room at the beginning of a production
line. The hopper room is where nylon fibers are applied to
cloth backings (for upholstery & clothing) using an electric
field. This process is called flocking. The explosion/fire
moved throughout much of the production lines.
USFA technical report states: There are many theories of
how the explosion originated. The flocking process that
occurred in the hopper room was implicated, however
there was also evidence to suggest that the origin was
related to the dryers or the oil heating system. At the time
of this report, the official cause of the explosion has not
been determined.

Nylon fiber
dust

Plastic

hopper

manufactures
various types of
textile products
for upholstery
and clothing

2262

Textile products

Spark

NA

Production

Nylon flocking

A spark from a sander likely initiated a dust explosion in


the facility, which manufacturers plastic poles (for flags,
masts, etc.). The spark apparently entered the plant's dust
collection system and ignited plastic resin dust. The
explosion blew open a factory door about eight feet from
the sander. It damaged ductwork and the outside dust
collector. It also blew out a vent ontop of the building.

Plastic resin
dust

Plastic

Dust
collection
system

Plastic
manufacturing

Rubber & plastic products

Spark

NA

Production

Sanding/grinding

generate
An employee was standing on a structure that supported a (mixture of
bin containing approximately 75 kg of generate (which was sodium azide,
a mixture of sodium azide, manganese dioxide, potassium manganese
nitrate, silica, aluminum oxide and magnesium silicate).
dioxide,
Ultimately it was to be made into pellets used in
potassium
automobile air bags. The employee was using a
nitrate, silica,
broomstick, attempting to poke through an obstruction in
aluminum
the flowing pelletizer. A fire erupted, ignited by an unknown
oxide and
source, and at least one explosion occurred.
magnesium
silicate)

Inorganic

pelletizer

motor vehicle
parts and
accessories

3718

Equipment manufact transporation

unknown

NA

production
area

pelletizing

A major explosion occurred in an Electric Slag Cleaning


Vessel (ESCV) in the copper smelting process. The ESCV
is a furnace that uses carbon electrodes to heat a molten
mixture. The first explosion likely occurred b/c of the
removal of electrodes from the molten mixture, which
caused a suspension of cokedust (a dust added to the
molten mixture), which ignited a second major explosion.

Coke dust

Coal

Unknown

copper smelting

3331

Primary metal industries

Fire

NA

Production

Copper processing

Information not cleared for public release

Coal dust

Coal

Dust
collection
system

Electric Services

4911

Electric Services

Unknown

NA

Production

Repair/modification

Injury

Description

124

NA

1996

3/4/1996

Richmond

VA

Faulty parts supplying tobacco dust to a dust collector is


believed to have caused the fire.

125

125501437

1996

4/27/1996

Ukiah

CA

126

300449790

1996

6/25/1996

Gallatin

TN

1996

7/10/1996

127
128

NA

1996

7/20/1996

129

125462606

1996

7/30/1996

130

300041787

1996

131

126764752

1996

132

300379336

1996

07/22/2015

8/14/1996

11/5/1996

Tobacco dust

Tobacco

tobacco
dust collector
processing plant

An employee was blending dry metal powder in an open


blender in the powder testing/training area of the plant.
He was using an equipment prototype when the dry metal
powder suspended in the air resulted in a flash fire.

Metal dust

Metal

open
Industrial process
blender/mixe
furnaces and
r
ovens

3567

Equipment manufacturer industrial

Unknown

NA

Production

Testing

Sparks from an abrasive disc cutting operation were


drawn into the dust collection piping system. Sparks then
entered the dust collector itself, where they ignited the
steel powder inside.

Metal dust

Metal

Cutting
device, dust
collectoion
system

primary metal
products

3399

Primary metal industries

Spark

NA

Production

Cutting

Brewery

2082

31212

Static
Electricity

Minor

Storage Bin

Hot Metal

$44.0
million

Tunnel under
bins

Loading/unloading

Manufacturin
g

Blending

Information not cleared for public release


Information not cleared for public release

Dublin

Albuquerque

Lindon

12/24/1996 Pittsburgh

VA

NM

Food
Sugar dust

Food

screw
conveyor,
silo

Sugar Plant

Tobacco products

2063

311313

Employee was mixing in phenolic resin within a tote as


part of a blending operation. A fire was started by a spark Phenolic resin
from hitting a screen or static. Dust particles caught fire
dust
quickly, but were extinguished by employees.

Plastic

Blending Tote

automobile brake
pads and lining
manufacturer

Two employees 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. The two employees and the supervisor were
under the hopper when the sawdust fell out in a fireball,
engulfing them in flames. The two employees were killed.

sawdust

wood

hopper

sawmills and
planing mills,
general

2421

lumber & wood products

fire

NA

storage area

attempting to put out


smoldering sawdust

Magnesium
dust

Metal

hopper, roller
drum, shaker
unit, "pig
trailer"

Chemical
preparations
facility

2899

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Unknown

NA

Production

Loading/Unloading

Iron dust

Metal

skip hoist,
monorail
system, 55
gallon drum

primary metal
products

3399

Primary metal industries

Unknown

NA

Production

Loading/Unloading

UT

Employees were blending magnesium and lime in a large


roller drum and hopper. The mixture was then taken from
the hopper, up an auger, to a shaker unit, and then
dumped onto a belt that carried it into a 3-compartment
"pig trailer". Dust levels were controlled by a local exhaust
ventilation system. An explosion and flash fire occurred
within the hopper, traveled to the roller drum, the shaker
unit, the pig trailer, and the open drums of magnesium.
Fire put out using talc powder.

PA

Employee was using a skip hoist and monorail system to


raise a 1,000 lb (55 gallon) drum of metal iron dust. The
drum overturned and dust spilled throughout the work
area, including an operating fork lift, and a dust explosion
occurred.

277239407.xls

Equipment manufacturer

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

133

122315229

134

Date

Date

City

State

1997

1/7/1997

Rockford

1997

1/10/1997

Decatur

Description

10

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

Paint powder

Paints

dust
collectoion
system,
welding
device

motor vehicle
parts and
assessories

3714

Equipment manufacturer transportation

Unknown

NA

Production

Spary painting

Wet Corn Milling

2046

311221

Unknown

Unknown

Pellet Dryer

3471

Fabricated metal products

Fatality

Injury

IL

Employees were spray painting in a powder paint booth


while a coworker was welding a dust collector for the
booth. The powder paint ignited in the dust collector and
flashed through the duct work into the booth. The powder
paint in the booth then ignited, resulting in an explosion

IL

Dust explosion

Metal dust

Metal

black powder

Explosives

Food

135

300104916

1997

2/13/1997

Brooklyn

OH

A possible fire or spark was produced by a buffing


machine(s), where it apparently got into the dust exhaust
system. Once this spark or fire got into the exhaust
system, it got into the baghouse, caused a small
explosion, whereupon the dust in the baghouse was
shaken loose and another much larger explosion
occurred, sending the force of the explosion and a
resultant fire back through the exhaust system. Two
employees were severely burned.

136

106475858

1997

4/16/1997

Moosic

PA

Two employees were pushing a rail cart containing


approximately 1,000 lb of black powder from one building
to another when the powder deflagrated. Both employees
were killed and a nearby process building was destroyed.

137

1997

5/16/1997

Vinita

CA

Dust explosion

Food

Bakery

2051

311812

138
139

1997
1997

5/18/1997
6/17/1997

Richfield

CA

Dust explosion
Information not cleared for public release

Food
Food

Walnut Hulling
Cereal Plant

2099
2043

311999
31123

140

1997

7/30/1997

Cedar City

UT

WEC is the utah operations of Las Vegas-based American


Pacific Corp. (PEPCON) At the time of the accident, works
may have been trying to clear a clogged dust collector.
Dust created during the process contains some of the
explosive material.

Ammonium
Perchlorate

Chemical

electroplating buffing machines,


, plating,
dust exhaust
polishing,
system,
anodizing,
baghouse,
and coloring
ductwork

rail cart

2892

Outside the
Ammonium
batch dryer
Perchlorate Plant
building

GDC #139

black powder

Extension
Light
Fire
Unknown

Process
building
destroyed

Pushing rail cart


between buildings

< $50,000 Storage Silo


Severe
Minor

Silo
Hammer Mill
Batch dryer
building

chemical facility

141

300026168

1997

9/12/1997

Kearny

NJ

A maintenance mechanic was arc welding approximately


31 inches from a cardboard box that contained benzoyl
peroxide powder. The welding arc struck the box and the
powder flashed over. Employee suffered burns.

benzoyl
peroxide

Organic oxidizer

welder

specialty
cleaning,
polishing, and
sanitation
preparations

2842

Chem manufact

hot surface

NA

142

102787959

1997

9/30/1997

Plainfield

CT

Three employees were present when a fire in the


ventilation ducts mixed with combustion products from
burning nylon flock. There followed an explosion, and all
three workers were engulfed in a cloud of black sooty
smoke. All treated in hospital for smoke inhalation.

nylon flock

Plastic

ventilation
ducts

finishers of
broadwoven
fabrics of
manmade fiber
and silk

2262

Textile products

fire

NA

Production

1997

10/20/1997 Mankato

MN

Dust explosion

Soybean
Processing

2075

311222

Fire

Moderate

Dust
Collector

OH

An explosion and fire occurred in the ductwork of the dust


collection system associated with the belting of the
aluminum alloy firehose couplings (which also contain
magnesium).

Aluminum
dust

Metal

dust collection
system, ductwork

3492

Fabricated metal products

Information not cleared for public release

Aluminum
dust

Metal

thermal
aluminum metal coating and
spray coating allied services
guns

3479

Fabricated metal products

143

144

121903942

1997

11/24/1997 Holmesville

145

301310785

1997

12/18/1997

146

NA

1998

1/5/1998

Latrobe

PA

Food

Firefighters used dry chemicals and sand to put out a


particle dust fire, which was contained inside a dust
collector (round, about 10-ft in diameter and 15-ft tall).

Metal dust

Metal

Wood dust

Wood

Saw dust

Wood

hardware

Dust
collection
system

steel
manufacturer

Unknown

NA

Primary metal industries

301929857

1998

3/24/1998

Lenoir

NC

148

NA

1998

3/27/1998

unknown

NH

The fire started in an equipment when wiring grounded out


on conduit and spread into the attic in which there was a
layer of sawdust. The blaze went undetected until the
truss structural members collapsed.

149

125674481

1998

4/11/1998

Oroville

CA

Dust explosion occurred while employee was operating a


sander in a fiberboard area.

Wood dust

Wood

sander

softwood veneer
and plywood

2436

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

An explosion occurred in the facility's dust collecting


exhaust system (which sits outside the building) used to
gather rubber dust . Flames from the blast shot into the
building through a duct. The facilities 60 employees were
evacuated. Unknown initiating event.

Rubber dust

Plastic

Dust
collection
system

Fabricated
Rubber Products

3069

Rubber & plastic products

Unknown

$100 K

magnesium

metal

manlift;
storage bin

scrap and waste


materials

5093

wholesale trade-durable
goods

hot surface

NA

Frozen Dough

2053

311813

Halogen
Lamp

Wood products

2499

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

150

151

NA

122181779

152

153

123935751

07/22/2015

1998

4/13/1998

Wheeling

IL

1998

5/4/1998

Garland

TX

Two employees of a steel recycling crew were removing


an overhead crane and beam hoisting assembly. One of
the employees was in a manlift (3' x 10' x 4.6') about 8 feet
above the ground. He was standing on the lift above a
storage bin filled with highly combustible magnesium
shavings, when he momentarily lit the cutting torches.
Sparks from the torch ignited the shavings, which burned
in excess of 500 degrees F. Both employees were burned,
one fatally.

1998

5/17/1998

Murfreesboro

TN

Dust explosion

Employee #1 as assisting a co-worker with trouble


shooting a grinder, and clean up of a sawdust build-up in
the said room. An explosion occurred in the baghouse and
continued to the grinder resulting in serious burns injuries
to the employee.

1998

7/1/1998

Stockton

CA

firearms
manufacturer

Food

Wood dust

Wood

baghouse,
grinder

277239407.xls

Furniture & fixtures

Production

Spary coating

Production

147

2511

maintenance

GDC #127 Production

A fire started in a metal shell containing a suction


booster/blower and sparks were transferred through a
mating flange gasket into the dust collection system. An
alternate explanation for the incident is that the external
heat from the fire transferred to the internal surfaces of the
blower, thus sending sparks into the dust collection
system.

Dust
collection
wood/household
system;
furniture
mating
flange gasket

workers clearing a
clogged dust
collector

Fire

NA

Production

Dust collection

Production

Sanding/grinding

Storage

Cutting

$5.0
million

Fabricated metal products

< $50,000 Storage Bin

NA

Production

Sanding/grinding

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

154

107091852

155

156

157

125349571

300756608

158

Date

Date

Description

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

Polyproylene
dust

Plastic

Injection
molding

manufacturer of
surgical and
medical
instruments

3841

Equipment manufacturer medical

Hot surface

NA

Production

Repair/modification

Aircraft Plant

3721

336411

Electric
Sparks

Minor

Polishing
Room

Electric Services

4911

Electric Services

Unknown

NA

Production

Coal processing

manufacturer of
sander, dust
drapery
collection
hardware, blinds
system
and shades

2591

Furniture & fixtures

Unknown

NA

Production

Sanding/grinding

2063

311313

NA

Unknown

NA

Equipment manufacturer industrial

Unknown

$5.0
million

Production

Unknown

NA

Power

Extinguising fire

Production

Maintainence

Production

Sanding/grinding

Cleveland

MS

1998

7/7/1998

Wichita

KS

Dust explosion

17

A coal dust explosion ignited at a Tripper, and propogated


throughout the coal handling areas. An explosion and fire
occurred on a coal fired electric generating station. The
cause of the incident may have been due to coal dust and
at the time of the incident an outside contractor was
vacuuming in the area where possible ignition may have
occurred.

Coal dust

Coal

Wood dust

Wood

Sugar dust

Food

1998

7/28/1998

Hammond

IN

Food

Tripper,
Vacuum

1998

8/10/1998

Cerritos

CA

Employee observed excessive dust coming out of a


sander, indicating a problem with the dust collection
system. Employee went to inspect Bag house. Using a
wooden ladder to gain access to the top of the dust
collector frame, employee was about to shake air relief
bags when an explosion in the baghouse occurred.

1998

8/28/1998

Sugarland

TX

Dust explosion

16

The fire started in the plant's manufacturing area when


polyurethane dust ignited and caused an explosion, which
was followed by a fire in the dust collector that spread
throughout the structure by way of the air handling ducts.

Polyurethane
dust

Plastic

Information not cleared for public release

Wood dust

Wood

Unknown

lumber/wood
products

2499

Lumber & wood products

Fire

Coal dust

coal

boiler

Power plant

4911

Electric Services

Flame

plating and
polishing

3471

Fabricated metal products

Fire

NA

8/28/1998

160

302148325

1998

10/12/1998

161

NA

1999

2/1/1999

300506060

Injury

7/1/1998

1998

163

Fatality

1998

NA

300219672

State

A flash fire occurred atop a suspended-grid-ceiling. The


existing support steel roof was being raised to
accommodate new (taller) injection molding equipment.
Hot welding slag fell from an I-beam being installed, which
ignited the dust that had previously settled on top of the
ceiling tile, starting a fire. An employee attempted to put
fire out with foot -- a flash fire resulted, consuming the
suspended dust particles.

159

162

City

1999

1999

2/17/1999

2/25/1999

Dearborn

Quincy

Springfield

TX

MI

IL

MA

Sugar Plant
dust
collector; air sports equipment
handling
manufacturer
ducts

30

A blast occurred while 3 maintenance men were working


on the boiler. The blast could have occurred by pressure
building up inside the boiler or a spark that ignited gas or
coal-dust that fuels the massive machines.

Employee was using an electric snader, creating


magnesium dust. The sander caught on fire, and the
employee dropped it onto the table, which was covered in
the dust. A flash fire occurred.

Magnesium
dust

Metal

Black &
Decker
electric
sander,
model 7441
(with 80 grit
sandpaper)

Over a period of time resin dust accumulated in the


ducting of various equipment. An oven burner ignited
either a gas-air mixture (following a temporary flame out)
or a dust cloud (shaking/striking of dust collection line flex
hose). This caused flame and a pressure wave to enter
the main dust collection network and the dust provided
fuel to propagate the explosion.

Phenolformaldehyde
resin dust

Plastic

Oven; dust
collection
system

Grey and duct tile


foundries

3321

Primary metal industries

Fire

GDC #99

Aluminum
dust

Metal

bucket
elevator and
shovel

nonferrous
metals

3341

Primary metal industries

Unknown

NA

Production

Loading/Unloading

reconstituted
wood products

2493

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

Storage

Loading/unloading

Unknown

NA
Production

Crushing

164

302320593

1999

4/5/1999

Scottsboro

AL

A flash fire occurred during the processing of a military


grade aluminum powder. The powder was being
mannually dumped into a bucket elevator and a shovel
was in use to break up the lumps. The shovel lodged in
the elevator and caused the elevator to choke; as dust
levels built up, ignition occurred.

165

300664950

1999

4/24/1999

Stuart

VA

Four employees were working near the out-feed conveyor


at a silo when there was an explosion and fire in the silo.
They sustained burns to the arms, face, and back, for
which they were hospitalized.

Wood dust

Wood

Silo

166

302799549

1999

8/12/1999

Information not cleared for public release

Chlorate dust

Inorganic

Dust
collection
system

1999

8/16/1999

Information not cleared for public release

Coal dust

Coal

plastic dust

plastic

machine that
grinds plastic
pellets

Plastic
manufacturing

wood press

manufacture of
reconstituted
wood products

167

1999

9/22/1999

Bethlehem

NJ

This was the second fiery blast in the plastic-processing


factory in two months. A spark or malfunction in a
machine that grinds plastic into pellets caused the blast.
The august 3rd incident also involved a similar cause: A
spark ignited plastic dust that had been left over after
processing.

1999

10/3/1999

Olathe

CO

Fires that originated on the press provided ignition sources


for the combustible wood dust and other combustible
process residues (which had accumulated in the upper
levels of the press enclosure), thus causing an explosion.

Wood dust

Wood

170

1999

10/4/1999

Natchez

MS

An unknown ignition source ignited a cloud of rubber dust


that formed when a rubber mixer machine malfunctioned

Rubber dust

Plastic

171

1999

Albany

NY

168

169

302312988

172

1999

173

2000

07/22/2015

11

1/22/2000

Albany

OR

Clovis

NM

"A dust-collector fines fire at the Albany Casting Plant was


caused by housekeeping and a bad dust collector at a
cost of $250,000. No injuries" (Poulson, JOM, p. 15)

Metal

"A fines fire at Gemeni, a powder processing plant in


Albany, Oregon, was caused by sdtatic electricity from a
bad electrical motor. There were excessive amounts of
powder stored in the area. The cost was $450,000; the
company went out of business. No injuries" (Poulson,
JOM, p. 15)

Metal

Dust explosion

Food

Chemical
preparations
facility
Power plant

2899

2493

Rubber mixer
Tire manufacturer
machine

Feed Warehouse

277239407.xls

2048

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products
Electric Services

Manufacturing

spark or
malfunction

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

Manufacturing

Unknown

NA

Welding/Cutti
Moderate
ng

Rubber
mixer
machine
room

Bucket
Elevator

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Incident
Inspection #
#

Date

Date

City

State

Fatality

Injury

Description

Fuel

174

303203764

2000

2/3/2000

West Plains

MO

A fire occurred in the charcoal storage area. When the fire


was believed to be out, an employee attempted to lower
an overhead door. A flash fire occurred due to smoldering Charcoal dust
dust that was released into the air when the door was
lowered.

175

300714607

2000

2/3/2000

Fort Wayne

IN

Employee was grinding magnesium parts on a type N


Roto Clone grinding machine, when light fixtures fell from
the ceilings, causing a spark that ignited the magnesium
dust in the air and on the grinding machine.

Employee was using vacuum system to extract metal


discs from chemical reaction chamber at steam-powered
electrical generation plant. Explosion occurred in the
reaction chamber. Explosion caused by ignition of finely
divided metal particles; ignition source probably a static
spark -- system was not grounded or bonded.

176

177

125593913

125595256

2000

3/7/2000

Kelseyville

CA

Information not cleared for public release

Magnesium
dust

Metal dust

Aluminum
dust

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Wood

Charcoal
storage area

gum and wood


chemicals

2861

Chem manufact - Industrial


organic chemicals

Fire

NA

Metal

Grinding
machine

foundry
(magnesium and
aluminum)

3369

Primary metal industries

Hot surface

NA

Stretford
style
chemical
electrical
reactor, used
generation plant
to clean
steam and
reduce SO2

4911

Electric Services

Static

metal fabrication
and welding shop

3441

Fabricated metal products

Metal strike

2062

311312

Unknown

Minor

Unknown

Fire

Moderate

Grinding
Room

NA

Metal

Metal

Grinding
machine,dust
collection
system

2000

3/16/2000

178

2000

3/22/2000

Yonkers

NY

Dust explosion

Food

Sugar Processing

179

2000

3/23/2000

Surgoinsville

TN

Dust explosion

Food

Fiber Procssing
Plant

180

120307749

2000

3/24/2000

Information not cleared for public release

Metal dust

Metal

Bader
polisher,
dustcollection
hopper

181

300800166

2000

4/4/2000

Information not cleared for public release

Saw dust

Wood

chop saw

2000

5/4/2000

Information not cleared for public release

182

183

112901897

2000

6/12/2000

Information not cleared for public release

Primary metal industries

Metal strike

3479

Fabricated metal products

Metal strike

NA

2099

311991

Unknown

Moderate

Plastic

mixer, series
of screw
plastics products
conveyors,
metal silos

3089

Rubber & plastic products

Unknown

NA

Cork dust

Wood

pneumatic
roof mounted
conveyor
system
motor (Nu
Vac);
standard
duty
disconnect
switch

Wood products

2499

Lumber & wood products

Unknown

NA

Benzene
sulfonylhydraz
ide dust

Plastic

mixing vessel

Chemical
preparations
facility

2899

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Hot surface

NA

Food
calcium
stearate,
sterate acid,
paraloid K175
modifier

184

303648497

2000

7/5/2000

Elkton

MD

185

303483986

2000

8/17/2000

Middlefield

OH

A bearing froze up in the motor of a blade in a mixing


vessel, causing a dust explosion.

A dust explosion was the likely cause of a fire. The fire


was located in an area where particleboard is pressed into
solid sheets. The particles used in the process are very
fine and can explosde when they are exposed to heat.
After firefighters put out the fire, they remained
extinguishing hot spots throughout the plant. Then a
second dust explosion occurred (three hours after the
first). No one was injured in the second fire.

Wood dust

Wood

Information not cleared for public release

Plastic (toner)
dust

Plastic

Information not cleared for public release

Wood dust

Wood

304063720

2000

10/25/2000 Millersburg

187

125752659

2000

10/26/2000

188

302541180

2001

1/10/2001

2001

1/31/2001

2001

2/14/2001

189
190

303705198

Atchison

OR

KS

Dust explosion
Information not cleared for public release

Food
Wood dust

191

304331424

2001

3/14/2001

Easton

MD

After mixing ingredients for a "flare ignition compound" (for


use on road flares), an employee began cleaning the filing
production area, dry mix room, and wet mix room. An
Potassium
explosion occurred in the outside dust collector. The
chlorate/per
collector contained airborne fines generated during both
chlorate dust
dry and wet mixing of the flare ignition compound. The
fines contained varying amounts of Potassium Chlorate
and Per chlorate with various dry fuel compounds.

192

304084361

2001

5/19/2001

Chicago

IL

Workers were investigating alarms sounding on a cocoa


bean roasting machine when the roaster exploded. The
blast blew out the north-west wall of the facility.

9 in first
explosion;
6 in
second
explosion

193

194

304398209

07/22/2015

2001

5/25/2001

2001

8/29/2001

Gaylord

MI

machining of
metal tubes

3356

Employee was working on a reported defective pneumatic


roof mounted conveyor system motor. The motor was
reported as running rough and, while being examined,
tripped the heater in the electrical starter. The employee
then went inside the electrical room to manually shut off
the standard duty disconnect switch. As he did this, a
flash/explosion occurred, which proceeded to a portion of
the surrounding electricals. The electrical room was
covered in a fine cork dust (inadequate housekeeping).

186

12

Wood

Metal caoting
allied services
Food Ingredient

particle board
manufacturer

Dust
Plastics materials
collection
and basic shapes
system
storage silo
Burial caskets
Packaging
Warehouse
Reconstituted
Unknown
Wood Products

Lumber & wood products

Rubber & plastic products

Unknown

3995

Lumber & wood products

Metal strike
Static
Electricity

Sifter
Production

Unknown

Production

Inspection

Silo

Second explosion:
fire extinquishing

Unknown

NA

2899

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Unknown

NA

Chemical
preparations
facility

Cocoa dust

Food

Oven

Chocolate factory

Two separate, serious Incidents at particle board plant. A


second explosion occured the next day as fire fighters
were trying to exinguish the first fire. The fire had spread
to a silo containing wood chips 20 to 30 feet deep. When
firefighters opened the silo to pour water on the flames,
the sudden infusion of oxygen casued the second blast.
One firefighter suffered first and second- degree burns,
and five others were treated for smoke inhalation and
minor injuries.

wood chips
and dust

Wood

Silo

particle board
manufacturer

2493

Wood products

Information not cleared for public release

Coal dust

Coal

electric services

4911

Electric Services

277239407.xls

NA
Moderate

Lumber & wood products

Dust
collection
system

Unknown

NA

2493

Inorganic

Work Activity

Production

5162

31122

Area of
Facility

Food products

Wood Chips

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Incident
Inspection #
#

Date

Date

195

2001

9/8/2001

196

2001

9/21/2001

197

304052814

2001

City

Wayland

2001

10/15/2001 Las Vegas

199

112994553

2001

12/11/2001

2002

1/16/2002

201

NA

2002

1/23/2002

202
203

303815872

2002
2002

2/11/2002
2/13/2002

2002

4/14/2002

204

205

304314172

2002

Injury

MI

10/3/2001

304649411
(304649346)

127198430

Fatality

5/16/2002

Marquette

Nebraska City

Saylor Township

NV

MI

NE

IA

Vicksburg

MS

5/26/2002

Moonachie

NJ

207

2002

6/6/2002

Hempfield

PA

208

2002

6/10/2002

Fletcher

NC

210

2002

7/19/2002

8/8/2002

Rock Hill

SC

Millersburg

OR

311514

Fire

Minor

2899

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Unknown

NA

Production

Blending

Spark

Production

Cutting

Production

Sanding/grinding

Fabricated metal products

4911

Electric Services

13

Information not cleared for public release


Information not cleared for public release
Four workers at a manufacturing plant just north of the
city were recovering Sunday after being injured in an
explosion triggered by dust. The blast happened Saturday
morning at Dee Zee Manufacturing.

Coal dust

Coal

coal-fired
boiler, coal
feeding
system

Rubber dust

Plastic

Tire bin

Tire recycling

hopper

Electric services

4911

Dust
collection
system,
reversible
screw
conveyor

Fabricated
rubber products

Coal dust

Rubber dust explosion and fire after dust in Bagging Bin


was ignited. The bin and the reversible screw conveyor
suffered mechanical failure, allowing pressure waves and
Rubber dust
hot gases to exit the bin. Atmospheric dust ignited, and fire
spread quickly through duct work and the rest of the plant,
causing further fires and explosion.

Plastic
Coal

Plastic

Electric Services

Fire

NA

Electric Services

Hot surface

NA

3069

Rubber & plastic products

Hot surface

NA

Pelleting Plant

2048

311119

Unknown

Severe

Rubber & plastic products

Dust collector fire and explosion


Coeffe
Food
A spark from a nearby machine apparently got into a dust
cobalt and
collector, setting fire to cobalt and tungsten dust that was
Metal
tungsten dust
being collected to be recycled.
About 375 employees were evacuated from the furniture
manufacturing plant after a fire broke out in a dust
collection silo.

Wood

A fire that started Friday evening on a conveyor belt


moved into two of the plant's four silos, spurring the
evacuation of about 30 employees. At about 6 p.m., plant
employees heard an explosion that sounded like a loud
pop. The fire, which likely started when a spark ignited
acetate flake
dust on the conveyor system, moved into the two silos
nearby. No one was injured in the fire, and only three
employees were near the silos when the fire started. Plant
manufactures acetate flake, a raw material used to
produce acetate filament and acetate filter tow.

Plastic

Dust explosion

Cotton dust

Textile

cotton
compress
conveyor

Farm product
warehousing and
storage

4221

Packaging & storage

Unknown

NA

Aluminum
dust

Metal

baghouse

Industrial
Inorganic
Chemicals

2819

Chem manufact - Industrial


inorganic chemicals

Static

NA

8/25/2002

Sevierville

TN

Explosion originated from inside a dry-cloth baghouse.


Mechanical agitation and/or a static discharge appear to
be the likely caused a spark that ignited the dust.

07/22/2015

2023

Chemical
preparations
facility

3471

2002

Food

The fire began when a worker switched on a breaker


generating a spark that ignited a powder stored and
processed in the building. The powder, stored in bags, is
processed at the building into a slurry that is used in
making paper. The slurry is then sold to companies who
use it as a catalyst in making paper. The fire started in the
control center and ignited several bags of the powder.

Milk Processor

dust collector metal fabrication

305600983

MN

Moderate

Metal

212

Austin

Sparks

Aluminum
dust

9/5/2002

31123

Information not cleared for public release

2002

2043

Propellants & explosive


manufacturing

MS

214

Cereal Plant

Area of
Facility
Dust
Collector
Dryer

3999

Clarksdale

Property
Damage

rocket
Saw, vacuum propellant/motor
cleaner
manufacturing
plant

8/8/2002

GA

Ignition
Source

Inorganic

2002

Cartersville

Mechanical
mixer

General Facility Type

Propellant
dust with
ammonium
perchlorate

304315435

9/3/2002

Food

SIC Code

A fire occurred at a rocket propellant/motor manufacturing


plant. Four employees were admitted to hospital for
varying degrees of burn injuries. To date, of those four
employees, two have been released, one is still in crtical
condition, and one has died due to thermal burns he
sustained from the explosion/fire. Interviews of workers in
the single use area stated the fire had started in the slot
machine. The reported cause: a metal brush was placed
against a metal carbide saw blade. Also, the table which
the saw was attached was a ferrous metal. The saw was
accidentally turned on starting up the slot machine and
causing a spark at the inlet pipe to the vacuum cleaner.
Propellant dust with ammonium perchlorate was at the
saw blade, in the vacuum cleaner duct and/or storage
receptable.

211

2002

Food

Facility Type

Metal

A fire and explosion injuries 13 firefighters. The fire, which


lasted three days, occurred in four old bins (previously
used for grain storage) that contained "crumb rubber". The
company shreds old tires, deep-freezes the chips and
shatters them into fine pieces. The resulting product is
used on playgrounds and in rubberized asphalt and
athletic fields. The southeast bin blew (exploded) about 11
hours into the fire. Just before the blast, a loader had
started removing tire chips from the bins while firefighters
were dousing the outside of the bin with water. Firefighters
turned off the water and started spraying liquid nitrogen
inside the bins to displace the oxygen (nitrogen is used in
the product's freezing process).

Equipment
Involved

Zinc dust

A flexible electrical cable used with a cotton compress


conveyor was accidently kicked by an employee; a spark
resulted, igniting loose cotton dust around the conveyor,
which spread to the bales of cotton and reached the
ceiling of the warehouse.

213

General Fuel
Category

Information not cleared for public release

2002

2002

Fuel

Dust explosion

A coal-fired boiler was being brought on-line. The coal


feeding system had not been purged properly. An
excessive amout of coal dust left in the system ignited,
causing an explosion.

206

209

Description
Information not cleared for public release

198

200

State

13

Dust explosion

Food

Food products

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Unknown

Work Activity

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Incident
Inspection #
#
215

216

217

Date

Date

2002

9/20/2002

2002

305919896

2002

11/18/2002

2002

12/27/2002

219

2002

12/27/2002

2003

222

NA

223

2003

2003

306139189

225

2003

2003

226

227

Atchison

KS

New London (Stanly NC

Pella

2003

305910440

228

07/22/2015

2003

2003

1/21/2003

1/23/2003

1/29/2003

2/10/2003

2/14/2003

2/20/2003

2/25/2003

Description

Twinsburg Twp

OH

Peoria

IL

Scott County

MO

Kinston

NC

Rothschild

WI

Hickory

NC

Corbin

KY

Nashville

TN

A flash fire occurred inside a sawmill's fuel house when an


employee was cutting pipe. A piece of pipe fell and hit a
brace, causing a spark, which ignited the saw dust inside
the pipe.

38

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Minor

Storage Bin

Lumber & wood products

Metal strike

NA

Paint products

dust

Automotive services

Unknown

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Distillery

2085

31214

Saw mills and


planning mills

2421

Work Activity

Wood

Wood

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Deflagration inside of a Dust Collector-Grafted Rubber


Compound (GRC): Primary filter overpressureddeflagration. No external secondary explosion. Secondary
explosion in an interconnected out-of-service dust
collector with dust-filled filter elements. Circumstances
leading to the incident: smoldering degraded GRC was
sucked into a primary filter in a ventilation system. The
dust collector explosion caused a secondary explosion in
an out of service dust collector because the ventilation
system was connected to the dust collector exhaust stack
and also still contained dust filled filter elements. A
reletively high GRC content product (36%) was recently
introduced to the process. MOC process less than
adequate. Circumstances limiting the impact of the
incident: Dust collection equipment located outdoors in an
unoccupied area, limiting exposure to personnel and
potential for secondary explosion.

Paints

A fire started on the floor of a sandblasting booth, which


was littered with plastic granules, the byproduct of
sandblasting magnesium wheels. Initiating event
unknown. Fine grains of plastic lying on the floor of the
business likely was the fuel source.

Plastic dust

Explosion and fire destroyed a rubber compounding


facility, causing six deaths, dozens of injuries, and
hundreds of job losses. The facility produced rubber
stoppers and other products for medical use. The fuel for
the explosion was a fine plastic powder, which
accumulated above a suspended ceiling over a
manufacturing area at the plant and ignited

An explosion Thursday at a furniture manufacturing plant


started a fire in the filtering system for wood waste,
damaging the system but seriously injuring no one. The
explosion happened inside a baghouse. Company
officials believe a spark in the filtering system ignited wood
Wood dust
dust and air inside the baghouse. But they didn't know
what caused the spark. The most likely cause: Part of a
nail, screw or other piece of metal in the wood debris hit
the blade of a fan used to draw particles through the
system.

37

phenolic resin dust became suspended in air during


cleaning activities. This dust either entered a curing oven,
or flames extended outside of the oven door -- the dust
was ignited, causing an explosion and several additional
secondary explosions.

Plastic

Dust
CollectorGrafted
Rubber
Compound

Paint
Manufacturing

Dust
Collector

Coal dust

Phenolformaldehyde
resin dust

The fire started in a sawdust chopper. The sawdust is


sucked into a hopper, sort of a silo that holds the dust until
it's transported somewhere else. Firefighters say they are Saw dust
called to the plant two or three times a year when the
sawdust spontaneously combusts

Industrial
Sandblasting
cleaning/sandbla
booth
sting

$2.5 mil

Machinery
room

Wood

Polyethylene
dust

A coal dust explosion Monday forced plant to shut down


one of its electrical generators

Ignition
Source
Static
Electricity

Facility Type

Wood & plastic

Saw dust

Wood dust &


polyethylene

According to firefighters, the blaze started shortly before


two o'clock Thursday afternoon inside two silos at that
makes wood laminate flooring. There were several small
explosions when the fire broke out, which could have been Saw dust
the sound of the sawdust igniting from a nearby boiler
room spark.

Equipment
Involved

An explosion in a dust collector at Commercial Alloy Sales


on Highland Road ignited a fire about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.
No major injuries were reported, and a damage estimate
was not available Tuesday night.
The Twinsburg Fire Department reported the explosion
Aluminum
came from duct work in the building and from the dust
dust
collector unit outside the building. The dust collector was
blown apart, with heavy fire and flames coming from the
unit, according to the Fire Department.

General Fuel
Category
Food

A wood dust explosion started a fire that damaged a


warehouse and several semitrailers Friday afternoon.
Most of the fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries
were reported, police said. The explosion at the company
which distributes sawdust and wood shavings was
apparently caused by wood dust but the ignition source
could not immediately be identified, police said.

Fuel

Dust explosion
Three men were severely burned in a freak explosion just
as they were finishing a welding job in a silo. The three
had been welding a metal chute for about an hour and a
half inside one of eight silos at Fiber Composite Corp.,
which makes wood composite for decks and rails.

TN

1/14/2003

Injury

AL

IO

Fatality

Information not cleared for public release

2002

221

224

State

12/26/2002 Linden

218

220

City

14

Plastic

Milling
equipment

Mechanical
rubber goods

3061

Rubber & plastic products

3714

Rubber & plastic products

Coal

Wood

Plastic

Oven

Wood

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Production

Cleaning

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

Date

Date

229

2003

2/25/2003

230

2003

3/7/2003

231

2003

232

233

2003

112990387

2003

3/12/2003

3/14/2003

3/17/2003

234

2003

4/9/2003

235

2003

4/26/2003

236

304295819

2003

237

120146766

2003

238

2003

City

State

Johnson

TN

Injury

Description

Beaverton

PA

Blendon Township

MI

Hanover

PA

Richmond

IN

Erlanger

KY

5/23/2003

Rocklin

CA

Muscatine

IA

A fire at a steel polishing plant destroyed the building and


its contents after dust in a machine sparked flames that
couldn't be knocked down by employees. The fire
Metal dust
investigation points the source of the flames to a polishing
and buffing machine that turns raw metal into polished
steel plates, the fire chief said.

Metal

Metal dust

Dust collector fire.


No one was injured. The water was pouring out the bottom
of the rooftop collector and swirling down a drain in the
middle of the plant's parking lot.
Saw dust
There were no visible flames, but there was smoke in the
area. The dust collector is on the roof at the rear of the
factory.
No injuries. $100,000 estimated damage.

A fire originated in a dust collection system and ignited a


metal dust bin and several filters. The dust collector
vacuums dust away from the stations where workers were
polishing metal parts for motorcycles.

2
1

Information not cleared for public release


An employee was in the plant silo room, where candy
ingredients are stored, when the explosion occurred. The
silo contained maltodextrin, a highly combustible grain-like
substance that likely caused the explosion.
Dust explosion burns employees. (no other information
description given)
Coal dust fire at electrical power generating facility.

239

305890477

2003

7/9/2003

Champaign

IL

Two employees were using a torch to remove components


of a dust collector. A small, smoldering fire started and one
of the employees, using a Halon fire extinguisher,
extinguished the fire. While extinguishing the fire,
aluminum dust was dispersed into the air, causing an
explosion. Both employees were injured in the blast and
taken to the burn unit. One of the employees died from
the injuries sustained in the blast. The other employee
remains in critical condition.

240

306082926

2003

7/22/2003

Columbia

SC

Dust explosion
A dust explosion occurred on July 22, 2003, at a
pharmaceutical packaging company where sever workers
were injured in an explosion in a warehouse after dust
from plastics ignited. One employee was treated for
burns, and the others suffered minor injuries.

242

2003

7/30/2003

Rapid City

SD

The fire broke out in a dust-containment system at the


plant and was limited to that area.

243

2003

8/11/2003

Millersburg

OR

A worker was injured Monday in an explosion and fire at a


factory after the dust from wood flour, which is used as
filler in plastics and glue, ignited and exploded. One
Wood
worker was transported to the hospital, but the extent of
that person's injuries was not immediately known.

244

2003

Four Oaks

NC

245

2003

Lowell

MA

A fire started after changes were made to a dust collecting


unit in a factory which caused a spark and ignited the fire.
Less than 12 employees were in the building at the time of
the fire even though more than 90 people work for the
company between two factories. Dust and particles from
Plastic dust
manufacture of fiberglass/plastic composite for motor
vehicle suspension leaf springs. Damage was confined to
the air handling system. Welding was going on at the time
and is the probable ignition source. The business has
now gone to a water wash system for safety.

10/1/2003

Information not cleared for public release

10/2/2003

Fire likely caused by workers using acetylene torches to


cut metal. A piece of molten metal was sucked up into the
dust collection system at rubber products facility.
Company staff noticed the fire when it was on the roof of
the building and all were able to get out safely. There were
several explosions at the scene, most likely caused by
super-heated propane tanks. Damage to the building is
estimated at $500,000. Nobody was injured.

07/22/2015

Marietta

GA

candy
manufacturer

Saw dust

Saw dust

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

Fabricated metal products

Production

Polishing

2064

Food products

Storage

Wood

2431

Furniture & fixtures

1795

Fabricated metal products

2834

Chem Manufact Pharmaceutical Preparations

Coal

pharmaceutical
preparations

Flame

Production

Metal

Wood

Food

Suspected dust ignited in a motor.

2003

2003

OH

Dust explosion

247

248

Dayton

Metal dust

9/5/2003

silo

grinder

2003

Food

Plastic

246

3471

dust mixture
of
polyethylene

SC

metal polishing
and grinding

torch

Columbia

Dust
collection
system

Metal

7/22/2003

General Facility Type

Aluminum
dust

2003

8/26/2003

SIC Code

Wood

Wood dust

241

9/2/2003

Metal

maltodextrin
dust

Coal dust

Facility Type

Wood
Wood

Equipment
Involved

Wood

Saw dust

General Fuel
Category

Fire broke out in a dust collection building and was quickly


Wood dust
extinguished before it could spread to the main factory.

Fuel

An explosion in a sawdust bin in a flooring plant; no


injuries or serious damage. The spark was probably
Saw dust
caused by a metal fragment or nail striking the machinery.

Information not cleared for public release

5/20/2003

5/30/2003

Fatality

15

Wood

Unknown

Food Processor
reconstituted
wood products

Plastic

Wood

277239407.xls

2099

311991
Lumber and wood products

Moderate
unknown

Loading
dock

277239407.xls

Incident
Inspection #
#

249

250

Date

2003

306860461

252

253

Date

10/22/2003

City

Rubbertown

State

KY

Fatality

Injury

Description

A synthetic powdered rubber, used to make items like


brake pads, caught fire in a piece of equipment called a
dryer. A company spokesman said the two workers who
operate the dryer were able to shut it down and escaped
unharmed. A group of maintenance workers also was near Rubber dust
where the fire began, but they were evacuated without
suffering any injuries. A similar problem took place several
years ago, and safety measures put into place then likely
helped keep damage minimal in Thursday's incident.

2003

10/29/2003 Huntington

IN

A major explosion and fire near a smelting furnace that


killed one employee and severely burned another. 5 others
were transported to emergency care facilities and released
after treatmen. At about 3:00 P M a fire was reported in
the number 5 furnace chip melt side well exhaust duct.
The maintenance department was sent to evaluated the
fire and shut the exhaust ventilation system down to allow
the fire in the pipe to self extinguish as this was the plant
policy for aluminum dust fires in the pipe. About 8:10 or
8:15 the employees started the system up after the pipe
had cooled and been cleaned out by the employees.
Employees cleaned the ash out of the pipe started
multiclone blower and checked for proper operation;
turned on the dry chip blower #3; then the auger checked
multiclone for proper operation; they were starting to leave
when a big flash came out of the well where the chips feed
in this moved the dust off of the ceiling & ignited it causing
a ball of fire to move through the room it also destroyed
equipment outside the building & started many small fires
inside the building in that area.

2004

1/12/2004

IA

Dust explosion

2004

1/15/2004

Clinton

Wilbur

OR

Fuel

Aluminum
dust

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

3365

Primary metal industries

2046

311221

Ignition
Source

Metal

multi-cone
pipe, multicone blower,
dry chip
blower

Wet Corn Milling

2004

2/11/2004

Omaha

NE

A spark from a cutting device inside the building ignited


sawdust. The explosion blew off the pipes and ripped
open the top of the metal collector.

Saw dust

Wood

cutting
device, dust
collector

store fixtures
manufacturer

Furniture & fixtures

255

NA

2004

2/12/2004

Lockport

IL

A fire erupted in a steel storage bunker holding coal. There


have been three bunker fires at the plant in the past year.

Coal dust

Coal

steel storage
bunker

power plant

Electric Services

256

2004

2/16/2004

Red Rock

OK

Explosion and flash fire resulted in the coal handling


system of the plant. Coal dust was the source of the fire.

Coal dust

Coal

Coal
handling
system

Power plant

Power generation

Unknown

257

2004

2/19/2004

Archbold

OH

Hot embers from a metal strike entered the dust collection


system which ignited sawdust and wood shavings.

Wood dust

Wood

Dust
collection
system

Woodworking
Company

Manfacturing

Metal to metal
strike

metal

Dust
collection
system

foundry

Manufacturing

Excessive
heat

258

2004

2/23/2004

Auburn Hills

MI

A furnace in the foundry malufunctioned. It sent excessive


heat to the system of overhead vent ducts that serve as a
large vacuum cleaner, sucking up dust and airborne metal
shavings. The excessive heat ignited the metal dust in the
system and resulting flash fire spread to the bag house on
the roof of the facility.

259

2004

3/16/2004

Trumann

AR

A saw motor exploded, an electrical short was suspected.


The sparks were seen going up to the dust collector. An
explosion occurred shortly after.

Wood dust

Wood

260

2004

3/16/2004

Oklahoma City

OK

Rubber particulates in a dust collector ignited from sparks


produced when motor fan malfuntioned.

Rubber dust

Plastic

2004

262

2004

263

2004

264
265

2004
2004

266

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2004

3/17/2004

4/6/2004

4/7/2004

4/8/2004
5/6/2004

5/16/2004

Raymond

WA

Atchinson

KS

Wood River

IL

Hertford County

NC

Belvidere

NJ

Dust explosion

A mix of coal dust and welding heat caused a fire aboard a


barge unloading facility at a power station. The fire started
with an explosion at an excavator crane; several
employees were doing preventative maintenance welding
to the crane just moments before the fire started. The fire
then progressed up into the engine compartment and into
the cabin.

Dust explosion
Information not cleared for public release

Vitamin Plant - Fire broke out in a dust collector used to


trap materials from one of the company's manufacturing
processes. The dust collector, installed in January, has
about 70 to 80 dust bags hanging inside.

panel saw, hardwood veneer


dust collector
and plywood
Dust
collector

Food
Saw dust

Vitamin dust

2435

Spark

Lumber & wood products

Production

Cutting

Production

None

Tire
manufacturing
plant

NA
Dust
Collection

Spark

Wood

Packaging
Warehouse

Food

Coal dust

Work Activity

Wood

NA

261

Area of
Facility

Minor

254

Two workers were hospitalized after being injured in a fire


at a lumber mill.
The fire started in a shavings bin where small pieces of
lumber are mixed with bark to make boiler fuel. As fire
Saw dust
crews tried to put on the blaze, an explosion occurred,
shooting out of the side of the shavings bin and rattling the
entire town. Fire was in silo that stores planar shavings.
Materials involved were hemlock shavings and sawdust.

Property
Damage

Plastic

Food

Fire in the bag house at a marine plant was quickly


extinguished. Investigators believe the company's dust
collection system picked up a large chunk of material,
producing a spark that exploded in the bag house where
the dust is routed. The explosion blew the hatch open and
produced a small fire. The plant does mill work, sanding
Saw dust
for boat parts. Spark went into Hvac system and started
smoldering fire. It was labor intensive to put it out. They
had to remove 31 filters because all started burning. Little
flame, no explosion. This was not the first incident-hopper was getting insufficient for their production levels.
Sawdust.

General Fuel
Category

16

Coal

excavator
crane,
welding
equipment

31122

Moderate

power plant

4911

Electric Services

Unknown

NA

Industrial
Inorganic
Chemicals

2819

Chem Manufact Pharmaceutical Preparations

unknown

NA

Food
Wood

Pharmaceutical dust collector

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Incident
Inspection #
#

267

308031830

268

Date

2004

2004

Date

6/10/2004

6/25/2004

City

Hudson

West Bend

State

Fatality

NC

WI

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

A 55-gallon drum of lacquer dust (a by-product of furniture


finishing) exploded (flash fire). The fire set off explosions
in 50 other drums, shooting a fireball and smoke more
than 100 ft high and forcing about 120 people to evacuate
the area for most of the day. The lacquer dust may have
been contaminated by vapors from evaporating liquid
lacquer or some other "self-heating contaminant".

Lacquer dust

Plastic

drums

Employees smelled smoke coming from the air scrubber


machine. The air scrubber collects and directs filings and
air from several polishing or buffing stations. As the
equipment was turned on, air was introduced to a possible
somldering fire contained to the duct work. An explosion
occurred. A coffee urn buffing machine is suspected to
have send sparks into duct work and dust collector to
initiate the incident

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Buffing
machine, Air
scrubber,
duct work

manufacturing
plant

Magnesium
dust

Metal

Grinding

manufacturing
plant

grinding
machine

rubber factory

unknown

Rubber & plastic products

Steel Pipe and


Tubes

3317

Primary metal industries

2657

Paper products

Injury

Description

Facility Type

269

2004

7/6/2004

Pampa

TX

The company manufacturers oilfield equipment. An


explosion and flash fire occurred in a processing area
where igniter material is mixed. The mixing process is for
the manufacturing of igniters for oildfield setting tools used
to set oil well plugs. The incident ocurred as employees
were grinding magnesium powder and potassium
perchlorate.

270

2004

7/20/2004

Bridgeport

CT

A company employee was using a rubber grinding


machine when a spark ignited dust. The machine became
engulfed in flames and spread to overhead duct work that
had not been cleaned for some time.

Rubber dust

Plastic

271

2004

9/14/2004

New Washington

OH

An explosion occurred when a powder coating gun ignited


at the plant. Four people were in the building at the time.
The only injury was to a worker who got the hair on his
arm singed. The filtering system had extensive damage.

Metal dust

Metal

272

2004

9/16/2004

Santa Clara

CA

A fire began in the ventilation ducts of the paper plant.

Wood dust

Wood

ducts

Folding
Paperboard
Boxes

16

Dust sparked a fire in the baghouse. The baghouse has a


large vat at the top of it, where residue from the tofu
product is pumped, then heated to disintegrate to dust,
which is blown into filters, from which the finished residue
product is bagged to be hauled away. Apparently in the
filter process, the dust sparked causing the fire.

Tofu dust

Food

baghouse

tofu manufacturer

A hot bearing in the motor of a dust collection system


locked up and shot a spark through about 80 feet of duct,
triggering a minor dust explosion.

Wood

dust
collection
system

Wood Office and


Store Fixtures,
Partitions,
Shelving, and
Lockers

Plastic

dust collector

foam insulation
manufacturer

silo

pet food
manufacturer

273

2004

274

2004

9/18/2004

9/23/2004

275

2004

276

2004

277

2004

11/23/2004

2004

12/3/2004

278

NA

279

2004

280

2005

281
282

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9/28/2004

Ayer

Lincoln

Pekin

10/12/2004 Bremen

12/8/2004

MA

IL

IL

IN

Marseilles

Il

Leipsic

OH

Fire began in dust collector but remained confined to


ductwork. The dust collector gathers dust created as the
foam insulation is readied for shipment, removing it from
the production area.
ABS resin plastic dust burned in dust collector. On site
team had taken care of knock-down. FD finished off dust
collector. Estimated $250,000 damages.

Wood dust

Firefighters extinguished a fire earlier this week at a power


plant in Pekin in about one hour.Crews from both Pekin
and Peoria were called to Midwest Generation's Powerton
plant at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday. Company spokesman Charlie
Parnell said the fire started on the fifth floor in what is
Coal dust
called the crusher room, where coal is pulverized into a
powder and some of the coal combusted, WEEK-TV
reported.Parnell said no one was injured in the fire and
there were no interruptions in service.

17

Plastic dust

Platic resin

The day before the incident, firefighters worked to clear


smoldering cellulose from a silo at the plant. It is believed
that an ember remained in some machinery overnight and Cellulose dust
eventually caused a flash dust explosion at the plant
Friday afternoon. One firefighter was injured.

A hot spark from a wood cutting machine is thought to be


the cause of a two-alarm fire at a boat manufacturing plant
on Wednesday.. -The Daily times ---------- Fire was located
inside wood chip and dust evacuation system. System
consisted of ducts leading to a large silo on the exterior of Saw dust
the building. Fire was located approximately 40 feet inside
the building from the silo. Fire had extended from there
into the silo. -NFIRS-1 Report ------- A spark set sawdust
particles on fire at a boat manufacturing plant -Fire World

Salisbury

MD

2/25/2005

Mayfield

KY

2005

3/22/2005

Wilbur

OR

2005

5/3/2005

San Fernando

CA

An unknown ignition source ignited a rubber dust cloud


that formed in the compounding room and spread into the
dust collection system
A bag house used for dust collection caught fire.
Dust exploded in a flash fire at a vitamin manufacturing
plant burning two people. More than 50 workers were
evacuated. A spark ignited the vitamin cloud.

Rubber dust

SIC Code

General Facility Type

7389

Chem manufact Miscellaneous chemical


products

Fabricated metal products

Ignition
Source

Spark

unknown

$150,000

Metal strike

NA

Food products

Unknown

NA

2541

Furniture & fixtures

Metal strike

$5,000

unknown

Rubber & plastic products

Unknown

NA

Food products

Hot surface

Manufacturing

Unknown

Manufacturing

spark

Area of
Facility

Work Activity

Storage

Unknown

Production

Buffing/ploishing

Production

Grinding

Storage

Inspection

Coal

Plastic

Wood

Wood

Plastic

Rubber mixer
Tire Manfacturer
machine
bag house

Vitamin dust

Property
Damage

Pharmaceutical

pharmaceutical
manufacturing

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Rubber
compoundin
g room
bag house
vitamin
powder
packaging
area

Mixing

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Incident
Inspection #
#

Date

Date

City

State

Fatality

Injury

Description

18

Fuel

General Fuel
Category

Equipment
Involved

Facility Type

SIC Code

General Facility Type

Ignition
Source

Property
Damage

Inorganic

Inorganic

Cutting torch

Tire
Manufacturing

3011

Manufacturing

Cutting torch

None

283

2005

6/1/2005

Des Moines

IA

Employees were cutting on the platform decking of the old


calcium carbonate hopper when a cover fell off an
abandoned leg of the dust collector duct above them. The
flange is approximately 8 feet above the work platform.
Material which had accumulated behind the flange fell
from the duct into the work area. A cloud of dust was
created as the material fell. The dust is believed to be
zinc oxide, calcium carbonate, or stearic acid. The dust
ignited, causing a small fire.

284

2005

6/10/2005

Chattanooga

TN

Employees dissembling a paint booth with a cutting torch


were involved in a flash fire when the booth collapsed
resulting in a cloud of paint dust, which was ignited by the
flames of the torch.

Paint powder

Paints

Paint booth,
cutting torch

285

2005

7/4/2005

Seattle

WA

The fire was contained in a hopper, which is similar to a


smoke stack. The fire originated in the dust collector and
coal dust was ignited.

coal dust

Organic

dust collector

cement plant

Manufacturing

286

2005

7/8/2005

Old Town

ME

A dust fire broke out in one of the paper machines. Ignition


sources is unknown. Housekeeping issues led to
secondary fires

Saw dust

Wood

Paper
machine

paper product
manufacturer

Manufacturing

Aluminum
dust

Metal

Dust
collection
system

Muffler
manufacturer

Manfacturing

2005

7/22/2005

Hartford

WI

288

2005

7/26/2005

Springfield

OR

An explosion and fire shut down operations at a particle


board mill. The fire began with a sawdust explosion in a
bag house. The fire started with a spark and was under
control within 45 minutes.

Saw dust

Wood

Bag House,
sawdust
collection in
pockets

Wood Products
Manufacturing
Plant

Wood Products

Saw dust

Wood

Wood flour
mills

Wood Products
Manufacturing
Plant

Wood Products

$1 million

powdercoating
machine

Display
manufacturing
plant

Manufacturing

$50,000

2005

290

2005

11/9/2005

291

2005

11/14/2005 Pella

292

10/14/2005 Schofield

Rockford

WI

IL

A powder coating machine caught fire causing 45


employees to evacuate. Firefighters said the powdercoating maching malfunctioned and ignited powdercoating material. One sprinkler head extinguished the fire.

Powdercoating
material

Chemical

IA

A month after a previous fire the location was smoldering.


Fire crews started to fight the flames in the lower level and
several shipping trailers, when a secondary explosion blew
the top off one of the towers, injuring two firefighters.

Wood dust

Wood

Wood Products
Manufacturing
Plant

Wood products

sulphur dust

Chemical

Chemical facility

Chemical

2005

11/17/2005 Billings

293

1990

4/25/1990

Steele

AL

Aluminum dust explosion involving scrap processing


equipment.

294

1995

1/13/1995

Elmira

NY

Magnesium dust explosion fire involving a dust collector.

295

1995

7/16/1995

MT

Friona

TX

296

1998

1/11/1998

Decatur

IL

297

1997

12/7/1997

Pine Grove

PA

298

2002

9/14/2002

Atchison

KS

According to the fire chief, sulphur dust cloud was


ignited by a spark due to static electricity. The worker
was coal cutting or welding a plate when the spark
occurred. The sulphur was ignited within the gulley
area in the plant. The sulphur residue was along the
18 inch by 12-13 inch gulley. The gulley is similar to
an open drain and looks like a two-sided concrete
wall. There was no lofting in the air and the sulphur
particles may have been disturbed. The worker
received no burns or fatal injuries, mainly respiratory
distress or breathing difficulty due to the sulphur.
Workers were wearing proper equipment while
working in this area. There was no damage to the
building or equipment. The only damage was to the
face mask. There were no secondary explosions.

Explosion, fire and smoke resulting from the ignition of


natural gas and/or bone meal dust in the bone room.
Dairy feed pellet products accumulated inside the dryer
creating a condition where spontaneous ignition was likely
to occur.
Ignition of dust inside electrical equipment.
Alcohol fire causes ignition of flour dust occurred resulting
in an explosion.

299

2003

8/18/2003

Ocala

FL

Dehydration system exploded causing the system to blow


apart. The employer had not repaired or replaced parts of
the system, such as the pilot burner (igniter assembly),
that were in poor repair.

300

2004

6/22/2004

Mount Airy

NC

Blast gate control allowed fine particles to enter the dust


collector; had not periodically inspected/cleaned the dust
collector; these conditions contributed to the fire/explosion
on June 22, 2004.

07/22/2015

Aluminum
dust
Magnesium
dust
Bone meal
dust

Metal

3341

Metal

3321

Natural
organic/food

2011

Natural
organic/food

2041
2299

Flour dust

Natural
organic/food

2046

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3425

2nd floor,
Employee was in
pigment
process of removing
dump station obsolete equipment

Unknown

287

289

Work Activity

hopper and
dust collector

Employees at Midas performing operations associated


with an aluminum spray booth suspected that flow was
blocked to the dust collector adjoining the booth. During
inspection, employees found the vent pipe to the dust
collector glowing. One of the employees shook the pipe
causing aluminum dust to dislodge lead to an dust
explosion.

One factory worker died and another was hospitalized with


burns after an explosion and fire tore through a woodproducts manufacturing plant. Losses exceed $1 million.
The local fire chief stated that he believed it was a dust
explosion.

Area of
Facility

bag house

spark

zero

Wood flour
mills in the
machine
room

gulley area

The worker was coal


cutting or welding a
plate.

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data

19 of 46

General
Fuel
Category

Equipment Involved

Food

Bin/conveyor

Food

Wet Corn Milling

OK

Food

Dehydration Plant

5/10/1980

NC

Food

Unknown

1980

7/22/1980

FL

Food

Brewery

1982

1/1/1982

NE

Inorganic

1982

5/6/1982

MN

Plastic

1982

10/18/1982

IA

Food

Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

1980

1/24/1980

IN

1980

2/1/1980

MN

1980

2/8/1980

IL

1980

5/9/1980

1980

Food

Facility Type
Starch Plant

Electric motor

Powdered milk mill

Industrial Organic
Chemicals
Starch Plant

10

1983

4/19/1983

WI

Wood

hopper, cyclone system, dust


collection system

11

1983

5/1/1983

NC

Wood

Air handling unit

12

1984

2/20/1984

KY

Food

13

1984

2/23/1984

OH

Inorganic

14

1984

6/8/1984

IL

Food

15

1984

6/15/1984

OH

Coal

16

1984

6/19/1984

IA

Metal

17

1984

7/18/1984

CA

Coal

Bolier furnace
Dust collection system, wheelabrator
(Goff airless shot blast equipment for
polishing aluminum)
Coal bin

18

1984

7/23/1984

CO

Coal

coal pulverizer

hydraulic press

19

1984

8/10/1984

WV

Coal

"brady" conveyor belt

20

1984

8/31/1984

NH

Metal

Time-saver sanding machine

21

1985

2/14/1985

OR

Wood

Hopper

22

1985

4/3/1985

IL

13

Inorganic

Electric equipment

23

1985

6/4/1985

WY

Coal

coal pulverizer; air pressure fan; air


fan shroud

24

1985

6/12/1985

IA

Food

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furniture
manufacturer
furniture
manufacturer
Soybean
Processing
fireworks
manufacturing
company; chemicals
and chemical
Cornpreparations
Gluten Pelleting
Plant
Electric services
aluminum foundry
cement producer
Electric services
Primary Production of
Aluminum
Telephone and
Telegraph Apparatus
Reconstituted Wood
Products
animal pesticide
packaging plant
Electric Services
Wet Corn Milling

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


General
Fuel
Category

Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

25

1985

6/18/1985

NM

26

1985

6/24/1985

VA

Wood

27

1985

8/2/1985

UT

Inorganic

28

1985

10/24/1985

GA

Plastic

29

1986

2/28/1986

WI

Wood

30

1986

6/18/1986

CA

Food

31

1986

7/1/1986

OH

Metal

32

1986

7/22/1986

IL

Plastic

33

1986

7/29/1986

MN

Coal

34

1986

9/8/1986

TN

Wood

35

1986

9/13/1986

OH

Food

36

1986

12/15/1986

IL

Food

coal

20 of 46

Equipment Involved

Facility Type

Grinding mill

cement producer

Wood Household
Furniture
manufacturer of
dust collection system, dryer, and
Guided Missiles and
baghouse
Space Vehicles
vertical bucket container; light device
gum and wood
w/extension cord
chemicals of
manufacturer
"smoke" flavoring for
incinerator; propane heater
food products
(pyrolysis technology)
Malt Plant
chemical and
mixing tank; drum of aluminum
chemical
powder
preparationsof
manufacturer
mixing tank
Adhesives and
Sealants
2 portable quartz light devices; dust
Electric Services
collector
Hardwood Dimension
Dust collection system
and Flooring Mills
Marine Cargo
bridge conveyor
Handling
Dust collection system

Alcohol Plant
Hardwood Dimension
and Flooring Mills
Coating, Engraving,
and Allied Services
manufacturer of
furniture

37

1986

12/31/1986

VA

Wood

boiler/firebox

38

1987

2/4/1987

NY

Metal

grinder, aluminum fuser rolls

39

1987

3/18/1987

AL

Wood

Saw dust burner

40

1987

3/27/1987

IN

Metal

Dust collection system

41

1987

4/8/1987

IN

Plastic

42

1987

6/10/1987

UT

Metal

Mixer
surface dresser belt sander metal
finishing machine; dust collection
system

43

1987

9/13/1987

AL

Food

Wet Corn Milling

44

1988

1/14/1988

MN

Food

Corn Wet Milling

45

1988

3/19/1988

CA

Food

Sugar Processing

46

1988

3/30/1988

NJ

Pharmaceutical

reactor; charge port

47

1988

4/15/1988

NC

Wood

production belt sander

48

1988

5/12/1988

OH

Metal

Dust collection system

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steel plant
fabricator of rubber
products
sheet metal work

pharmaceutical
manufacturing
hardwood veneer
and plywood
manufacturer
Electric
and Gas
Welding and
Soldering Equipment

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

General
Fuel
Category

21 of 46

Equipment Involved

Facility Type

Metal

30-ton ladle; Alliance overhead cab


crane

Plastic

Hopper

Food

AL

Wood

mill boiler; Dust collection system

1/11/1989

PA

Metal

Hand brush; mixing drum

1989

1/25/1989

MI

Food

hammer mill/pulverizer

food preparations

55

1989

2/3/1989

KS

Food

56

1989

2/14/1989

IA

Food

57

1989

3/2/1989

PA

Metal

Dust collection system;


grinder/polisher

Bulk Feed
Warehouse
Chemical Processing
Plant
Fabricator of Wire
Products

58

1989

5/12/1989

IL

Food

59

1989

7/13/1989

AR

Plastic

60

1989

8/7/1989

IN

Wood

61

1989

10/24/1989

MN

Coal

62

1989

11/13/1989

IA

Food

Wet Corn Milling

63

1989

11/22/1989

IA

Food

Starch Plant

64

1990

1/17/1990

OH

Metal

Magnesium batching hopper

65

1990

2/19/1990

OR

Wood

natural gas heater

66

1990

3/31/1990

IN

Metal

Lincoln arc welder #6251; Type N


Roto-Clone dust collection machine

67

1990

4/20/1990

MD

Metal

Elevator

68

1990

6/21/1990

AR

Metal

Dust collection system

nonferrous metals

69

1990

6/29/1990

PA

Metal

Pneumatic feed; hammer mill

Nonferrous
foundaries

70

1990

9/27/1990

IL

Food

71

1990

10/22/1990

CA

Textile

72

1990

11/5/1990

MI

Food

49

1988

7/13/1988

OH

50

1988

11/19/1988

OH

51

1988

12/2/1988

MN

52

1988

12/2/1988

53

1989

54

steel foundry
plastics materials,
synthetic resins, and
nonvulcanizable
elastomers
Oat Mill
paper product
manufacturer
Secondary
nonferrous metals

Wet Corn Milling


Miscellaneous
Unknown
Fabricated Wire
Products
Tyler model 2400 multi-spindle panel Unsupported Plastics
router s/n2984-87
Profile shapes
conveyor belt, coal crusher unit

power plant

Chemical
preparations facility
cardboard box
manufacturer
electrical generation
plant
Electrometallurgical
Products

Wet Corn Milling


battery condenser

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cotton ginning/
agriculture services
Bulk Flour Station

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

73

1990

11/9/1990

MD

74

1990

11/27/1990

VA

75

1991

4/1/1991

IA

General
Fuel
Category

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Equipment Involved

Metal

welding device; dust collector

Wood

Pneumafil Baur filter

Food

Facility Type
Electrometallurgical
Products
reconstituted wood
products
Starch Plant

bag house, rubber-handled trouble


light, dust collection system

76

1991

4/11/1991

OR

Wood

77

1991

6/6/1991

CA

Inorganic

78

1991

6/12/1991

NH

Plastic

79

1991

9/1/1991

NM

Wood

granulator
Mikropal #3 micropulverizer
(equipped with a .032 in. screen), Dust
collection system
conveyor belt

80

1991

9/21/1991

CA

Metal

machine press, acetylene torch

81

1991

9/24/1991

IA

Food

82

1991

12/17/1991

MI

11

Inorganic

83

1992

6/3/1992

RI

Food

84

1992

7/31/1992

MD

Metal

hopper

85

1992

10/3/1992

IN

Metal

mixer, dust collector hose

86

1992

11/18/1992

SD

Wood

Dust collection system

87

1992

12/4/1992

NC

Wood

Silo

88

1993

1/6/1993

NY

Pharmaceutical

Oven

89

1993

2/8/1993

NH

Wood

Diehl ripsaw, dust collection system

90

1993

3/21/1993

IA

Food

sawmill
pharmaceutical
preparations
special industry
machinery
reconstituted wood
products
Plastics Materials
and Basic Forms and
Shapes
Cereal Plant

Machine/ Vvacuum system


Toy Mfg.

91

1993

3/24/1993

SC

Plastic

air arc gauge with Plasmarc and


Mappgas; mixing tank

92

1993

4/26/1993

NY

Pharmaceutical

oven

93

1993

5/12/1993

IN

Plastic

Dust collection system, LaRouche


machine, air-lay machine

94

1993

5/17/1993

MN

Food

95

1993

9/3/1993

PA

Metal

Metal bucket

96

1993

9/27/1993

OR

Wood

Unknown

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Electrometallurgical
Products
industrial furnances
and ovens
reconstituted wood
products
hardwood veneer
and plywood
manufacturer
vitamin
and food
supplement
manufacturer
shoe manufacturing
Wet Corn Milling
Plastics Materials,
Synthetic Resins,
and Nonvulcanizable
vitamin
and food
Elastomers
supplement
manufacturer
manufacturer of
pottery products
Food Plant
manufacturer of
pressed and blown
glass and
industrial
personal paper
products

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General
Fuel
Category

Equipment Involved

Metal

Barrel

Food

IN

22

Coal

5/28/1994

IA

Food

1994

6/1/1994

MD

Wood

103

1994

6/16/1994

MN

Food

104

1994

7/16/1994

CA

Textile

grinder, dust collection system

105

1994

9/14/1994

FL

metal

rubber hoses and grinder

Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

97

1993

10/25/1993

NJ

98

1993

12/2/1993

MD

99

1994

4/21/1994

IA

100

1994

4/21/1994

101

1994

102

Food

Facility Type
Candy Mfg.
metal stampings
Bakery Mix Plant

turbine generator hopper

Electric Services
Starch Plant

Sander

Cabinet manfacturer
Malt Plant
textile machinery
Jet Parts Plant
Vehicle parts and
accessories
particle board
manufacturer
Facilities support
services
manufacturer of
aluminium powder
and paste
motorcycles,
bicycles, and parts

106

1994

9/16/1994

AZ

chemical

metal duct

107

1994

11/20/1994

NC

Wood

None

108

1994

12/16/1994

CA

Wood

Halogen light, Dust collection system

109

1995

1/4/1995

KY

Metal

storage/conveyor tank

110

1995

2/28/1995

IL

25

Metal

conveyor booths

111

1995

3/24/1995

IL

Food

112

1995

3/25/1995

VA

Metal

113

1995

5/22/1995

PA

Inorganic

steel hoe, flaker

114

1995

7/30/1995

IL

Food

Flex hose

wet corn milling

Bin

Animal By-Product
Plant
lumber/wood
products
aluminum metal
product manufacturer
Wet Corn Milling
manufactures
various
types of textile
products for
upholstery and
Plastic clothing
manufacturing

Wet Corn Milling

115

1995

9/26/1995

IA

Food

116

1995

9/29/1995

CA

Wood

117

1995

11/16/1995

WA

Metal

118

1995

12/11/1995

IA

Food

119

1995

12/11/1995

MA

37

Plastic

hopper

120

1995

12/13/1995

NH

Plastic

Dust collection system

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industrial inorganic
chemicals

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

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General
Fuel
Category

Equipment Involved

Facility Type

Inorganic

pelletizer

motor vehicle parts


and accessories
copper smelting

121

1996

1/9/1996

FL

122

1996

1/24/1996

AZ

Coal

Unknown

123

1996

2/27/1996

IL

Coal

Dust collection system

Electric Services
tobacco processing
plant
Industrial process
furnaces and ovens
primary metal
products

124

1996

3/4/1996

VA

Tobacco

dust collector

125

1996

4/27/1996

CA

Metal

open blender/mixer

126

1996

6/25/1996

TN

Metal

Cutting device, dust collectoion


system

127

1996

7/10/1996

PA

Food

128

1996

7/20/1996

NE

15

Food

129

1996

7/30/1996

VA

Plastic

130

1996

8/14/1996

NM

wood

131

1996

11/5/1996

UT

Metal

132

1996

12/24/1996

PA

Metal

133

1997

1/7/1997

IL

Paints

134

1997

1/10/1997

IL

Food

135

1997

2/13/1997

OH

Metal

electroplating, plating, polishing,


anodizing, and coloring

136

1997

4/16/1997

PA

Explosives

rail cart

137

1997

5/16/1997

CA

Food

Bakery

138

1997

5/18/1997

CA

Food

Walnut Hulling

139

1997

6/17/1997

OH

Food

Cereal Plant

140

1997

7/30/1997

UT

Chemical

Outside the batch dryer building

141

1997

9/12/1997

NJ

Organic
oxidizer

welder

142

1997

9/30/1997

CT

Plastic

ventilation ducts

143

1997

10/20/1997

MN

Food

144

1997

11/24/1997

OH

Metal

Brewery
screw conveyor, silo

Sugar Plant
automobile brake
Blending Tote
pads and lining
manufacturer
sawmills and planing
hopper
mills, general
hopper, roller drum, shaker unit, "pig
Chemical
trailer"
preparations facility
skip hoist, monorail system, 55 gallon
primary metal
drum
products
dust collectoion system, welding
motor vehicle parts
device
and assessories

hardware

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Wet Corn Milling


buffing machines,
dust exhaust system,
baghouse, ductwork

Ammonium
Perchlorate
Plant
specialty
cleaning,
polishing, and
sanitation
finishers
of
preparations
broadwoven
fabrics
of manmade fiber
and silk
Soybean Processing
dust collection
system, ductwork

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

General
Fuel
Category

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Equipment Involved

Facility Type

Metal

thermal aluminum spray coating guns

metal coating and


allied services

145

1997

12/18/1997

TX

146

1998

1/5/1998

PA

Metal

Dust collection system

steel manufacturer

147

1998

3/24/1998

NC

Wood

Dust collection system; mating flange


gasket

148

1998

3/27/1998

NH

Wood

149

1998

4/11/1998

CA

Wood

sander

150

1998

4/13/1998

IL

Plastic

Dust collection system

151

1998

5/4/1998

TX

metal

manlift; storage bin

wood/household
furniture
firearms
manufacturer
softwood veneer and
plywood
Fabricated Rubber
Products
scrap and waste
materials

152

1998

5/17/1998

TN

Food

153

1998

7/1/1998

CA

Wood

baghouse, grinder

154

1998

7/1/1998

MS

Plastic

Injection molding

155

1998

7/7/1998

KS

Food

156

1998

7/28/1998

IN

17

Coal

Tripper, Vacuum

157

1998

8/10/1998

CA

Wood

sander, dust collection system

158

1998

8/28/1998

TX

Food

159

1998

8/28/1998

TX

16

Plastic

dust collector; air handling ducts

160

1998

10/12/1998

OR

Wood

Unknown

161

1999

2/1/1999

MI

30

coal

boiler

162

1999

2/17/1999

IL

Metal

163

1999

2/25/1999

MA

Plastic

164

1999

4/5/1999

AL

Metal

bucket elevator and shovel

165

1999

4/24/1999

VA

Wood

Silo

166

1999

8/12/1999

MD

Inorganic

Dust collection system

167

1999

8/16/1999

GA

Coal

168

1999

9/22/1999

NJ

plastic

Frozen Dough
Wood products
manufacturer of
surgical and medical
instruments
Aircraft Plant
Electric Services
manufacturer of
drapery hardware,
blinds and shades
Sugar Plant
sports equipment
manufacturer
lumber/wood
products
Power plant

Black & Decker electric sander, model


plating and polishing
7441 (with 80 grit sandpaper)
Grey and duct tile
Oven; dust collection system
foundries
nonferrous metals
reconstituted wood
products
Chemical
preparations facility
Power plant
machine that grinds plastic pellets

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Plastic manufacturing

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data

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General
Fuel
Category

Equipment Involved

Wood

wood press

Plastic

Rubber mixer machine

Food

MO

Wood

2/3/2000

IN

Metal

2000

3/7/2000

CA

Metal

175

2000

3/16/2000

CA

Metal

176

2000

3/22/2000

NY

Food

Sugar Processing

177

2000

3/23/2000

TN

Food

Fiber Procssing Plant

178

2000

3/24/2000

CA

Metal

Bader polisher, dust-collection hopper

179

2000

4/4/2000

CA

Wood

chop saw

180

2000

5/4/2000

TX

Food

Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

169

1999

10/3/1999

CO

170

1999

10/4/1999

MS

171

2000

1/22/2000

NM

172

2000

2/3/2000

173

2000

174

Facility Type
manufacture of
reconstituted wood
products
Tire manufacturer
Feed Warehouse

gum and wood


chemicals
foundry (magnesium
Grinding machine
and aluminum)
Stretford style chemical reactor, used electrical generation
to clean steam and reduce SO2
plant
Grinding machine,-dust collection
metal fabrication and
system
welding shop
Charcoal storage area

machining of metal
tubes
Metal caoting allied
services
Food Ingredient

mixer, series of screw conveyors,


metal silos
pneumatic roof mounted conveyor
system motor (Nu Vac); standard duty
disconnect switch
mixing vessel

181

2000

6/12/2000

PA

Plastic

182

2000

7/5/2000

MD

Wood

183

2000

8/17/2000

OH

Plastic

184

2000

10/25/2000

OR

Wood

185

2000

10/26/2000

CA

Plastic

Dust collection system

186

2001

1/10/2001

NH

Wood

storage silo

Burial caskets

187

2001

1/31/2001

KS

Food

188

2001

2/14/2001

PA

10

Wood

Unknown

189

2001

3/14/2001

MD

Inorganic

Dust collection system

Packaging
Warehouse
Reconstituted Wood
Products
Chemical
preparations facility

190

2001

5/19/2001

IL

Food

Oven

Chocolate factory

191

2001

5/25/2001

MI

Wood

Silo

particle board
manufacturer

192

2001

8/29/2001

MT

Coal

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plastics products
Wood products
Chemical
preparations facility
particle board
manufacturer
Plastics materials
and basic shapes

electric services

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

193

2001

9/8/2001

IL

194

2001

9/21/2001

MI

195

2001

10/3/2001

IN

196

2001

10/15/2001

197

2001

198

General
Fuel
Category

27 of 46

Equipment Involved

Facility Type

Food

Cereal Plant

Food

Milk Processor

Metal

NV

Inorganic

12/11/2001

PA

Metal

dust collector

Chemical
preparations facility
rocket
propellant/motor
manufacturing plant
metal fabrication

2002

1/16/2002

MI

Coal

coal-fired boiler, coal feeding system

Electric Services

199

2002

1/23/2002

NE

13

Plastic

Tire bin

Tire recycling

200

2002

2/11/2002

OH

Plastic

201

2002

2/13/2002

IL

Coal

hopper

Electric services

Dust collection system, reversible


screw conveyor

Fabricated rubber
products

Pelleting Plant
Farm product
warehousing and
storage
Industrial Inorganic
Chemicals

Mechanical mixer
Saw, vacuum cleaner

202

2002

5/16/2002

MS

Plastic

203

2002

5/26/2002

NJ

Food

204

2002

6/6/2002

PA

Metal

205

2002

6/10/2002

NC

Wood

206

2002

7/19/2002

SC

Plastic

207

2002

8/8/2002

OR

Food

208

2002

8/8/2002

MS

Textile

cotton compress conveyor

209

2002

8/25/2002

TN

Metal

baghouse

210

2002

9/5/2002

MN

Food

211

2002

9/20/2002

KS

Food

212

2002

11/18/2002

NC

Wood & plastic

213

2002

12/26/2002

AL

Wood

214

2002

12/27/2002

ID

Wood

215

2002

12/27/2002

WI

Metal

216

2003

1/21/2003

IL

Plastic

Distillery

Saw mills and


planning mills

Sandblasting booth

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Industrial
cleaning/sandblasting

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data

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General
Fuel
Category

Equipment Involved

Facility Type

38

Plastic

Milling equipment

Mechanical rubber
goods

Coal

NC

Wood

2/20/2003

KY

37

Plastic

2003

2/25/2003

TN

Wood

223

2003

2/25/2003

TN

Wood

224

2003

3/7/2003

NY

Wood

225

2003

3/12/2003

PA

Wood

226

2003

3/14/2003

MI

Metal

227

2003

3/17/2003

PA

Metal

228

2003

4/9/2003

IN

Wood

229

2003

5/20/2003

KY

Food

230

2003

5/23/2003

CA

Wood

231

2003

5/30/2003

IA

Coal

232

2003

7/9/2003

IL

Metal

torch

233

2003

7/22/2003

SC

Plastic

grinder

234

2003

7/30/2003

SD

Metal

235

2003

8/11/2003

OR

Wood

236

2003

8/26/2003

NC

Food

237

2003

9/2/2003

MA

Wood

238

2003

9/5/2003

OH

Plastic

239

2003

10/1/2003

OH

Wood

240

2003

10/22/2003

KY

Plastic

Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

217

2003

1/23/2003

MO

218

2003

1/29/2003

NC

219

2003

2/10/2003

WI

220

2003

2/14/2003

221

2003

222

Wood

Oven

Dust collection system

metal polishing and


grinding

silo

candy manufacturer

pharmaceutical
preparations

Food Processor
Unknown

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reconstituted wood
products

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

General
Fuel
Category
Metal

29 of 46

Equipment Involved

Facility Type

multi-cone pipe, multi-cone blower, dry


chip blower

241

2003

10/29/2003

IN

242

2004

1/12/2004

IA

Food

243

2004

1/15/2004

OR

Wood

244

2004

2/11/2004

NE

Wood

cutting device, dust collector

store fixtures
manufacturer

245

2004

2/12/2004

IL

Coal

steel storage bunker

power plant

246

2004

2/16/2004

OK

Coal

Coal handling system

Power plant

Wet Corn Milling

247

2004

2/19/2004

OH

Wood

Dust collection system

Woodworking
Company

248

2004

2/23/2004

MI

metal

Dust collection system

foundry

249

2004

3/16/2004

AR

Wood

panel saw, dust collector

250

2004

3/16/2004

OK

Plastic

Dust collector

251

2004

3/17/2004

WA

Wood

252

2004

4/6/2004

KS

Food

253

2004

4/7/2004

IL

Coal

254

2004

4/8/2004

NC

Food

255

2004

5/6/2004

WI

Wood

256

2004

5/16/2004

NJ

257

2004

6/10/2004

NC

258

2004

6/25/2004

WI

259

2004

7/6/2004

260

2004

261

hardwood veneer
and plywood
Tire manufacturing
plant

Packaging
Warehouse
excavator crane, welding equipment

power plant

Pharmaceutical

dust collector

Industrial Inorganic
Chemicals

Plastic

drums

Metal

Buffing machine, Air scrubber, duct


work

manufacturing plant

TX

Metal

Grinding

manufacturing plant

7/20/2004

CT

Plastic

grinding machine

rubber factory

2004

9/14/2004

OH

Metal

262

2004

9/16/2004

CA

Wood

ducts

263

2004

9/18/2004

MA

16

Food

baghouse

264

2004

9/23/2004

IL

Wood

dust collection system

Steel Pipe and Tubes

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Folding Paperboard
Boxes
tofu manufacturer
Wood Office and
Store Fixtures,
Partitions, Shelving,
and Lockers

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data

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General
Fuel
Category

Equipment Involved

Facility Type

Plastic

dust collector

foam insulation
manufacturer

Plastic

OH

Wood

silo

pet food
manufacturer

12/8/2004

MD

Wood

2005

2/25/2005

KY

Plastic

Rubber mixer machine

Tire Manfacturer

271

2005

5/3/2005

CA

Pharmaceutical

272

2005

6/1/2005

IA

Inorganic

Cutting torch

273

2005

6/10/2005

TN

Paints

Paint booth, cutting torch

274

2005

7/4/2005

WA

Organic

dust collector

cement plant

275

2005

7/8/2005

ME

Wood

Paper machine

paper product
manufacturer

276

2005

7/22/2005

WI

Metal

Dust collection system

Muffler manufacturer
Wood Products
Manufacturing Plant
Wood Products
Manufacturing Plant
Display
manufacturing plant
Wood Products
Manufacturing Plant

Incident #

Year

Date

State

Fatality

Injury

265

2004

9/28/2004

IL

266

2004

10/12/2004

IN

267

2004

11/23/2004

Il

268

2004

12/3/2004

269

2004

270

Coal

pharmaceutical
manufacturing

277

2005

7/26/2005

OR

Wood

Bag House, sawdust collection in


pockets

278

2005

10/14/2005

WI

Wood

Wood flour mills

279

2005

11/9/2005

IL

Chemical

powder-coating machine

280

2005

11/14/2005

IA

Wood

281

2005

11/17/2005

MT

Chemical

119

718

Totals

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Tire Manufacturing

Chemical facility

Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

1
2
3

Unknown

4
5
6
7
8

Spark

Smoldering Material

10
11

Flame

12

Spontaneous
Combustion

13

Unknown

14

Unknown

15

Hot surface

16

Spark

17

Spontaneous
combustion

18

Unknown

19

Hot surface

20

Spark

21

Metal strike

22

Flame

23

Hot surface

24

Fire

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

25

Unknown

26

Unknown

27

Static

28

Electrical

29

Flame

30

Foreign Material

31

Metal strike

32

Static

33

Hot surface

34

Unknown

35

Fire

36

Hot Bearing

37

Fire

38

Unknown

39

Flame

40

Unknown

41

Unknown

42

Unknown

43

Fire

44

Metal Sparks

45

Unknown

46
47

Unknown

48

Unknown

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

49

Hot surface

50

Hot surface

51

Unknown

52

Unknown

53

Static

54

Hot surface

55

Electric Sparks

56

Fire

57

Spark

58

Hot Metal

59

Static

60

Hot surface

61
62

Unknown

63

Fire

64

Metal strike

65

Unknown

66

Spark

67

Unknown

68

Unknown

69

Unknown

70

Hot Metal

71

Unknown

72

Fire

This table represents a summary of the data. The complete dataset is contained in <file hyperlink>.

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

73

Fire

74

Hot surface

75

Unknown

76

Hot surface

77

Unknown

78

Metal strike

79

Unknown

80

Flame

81

Spark

82

Spark from tool

83

Unknown

84
85

Static

86

Unknown

87

Fire

88

Flame

89

Unknown

90

Unknown

91

Spark

92

Unknown

93

Metal strike

94

Unknown

95

Static

96

Unknown

This table represents a summary of the data. The complete dataset is contained in <file hyperlink>.

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

97

Fire

98

Explosion

99

Sparks

100

Flame

101

Hot Metal

102
103

Unknown

104

Spark

105

grinding

106

grinding

107
108

Hot surface

109

Unknown

110

Metal strike

111

Explosive

112
113

Spark

114

Unknown

115

Spontaneous
Combustion

116
117

Unknown

118

Unknown

119

Spark

120

Spark

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

121

unknown

122

Fire

123

Unknown

124
125

Unknown

126

Spark

127

Static Electricity

128

Hot Metal

129
130

fire

131

Unknown

132

Unknown

133

Unknown

134

Unknown

135
136

black powder

137

Extension Light

138

Fire

139

Unknown

140
141

hot surface

142

fire

143

Fire

144

This table represents a summary of the data. The complete dataset is contained in <file hyperlink>.

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

145

Unknown

146
147

Fire

148
149

Unknown

150

Unknown

151

hot surface

152

Halogen Lamp

153

Unknown

154

Hot surface

155

Electric Sparks

156

Unknown

157

Unknown

158

NA

159

Unknown

160

Fire

161

Flame

162

Fire

163

Fire

164

Unknown

165

Unknown

166

Unknown

167
168

spark or malfunction

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

169

Unknown

170

Unknown

171

Welding/Cutting

172

Fire

173

Hot surface

174

Static

175

Metal strike

176

Unknown

177

Fire

178

Metal strike

179

Metal strike

180

Unknown

181

Unknown

182

Unknown

183

Hot surface

184
185

Unknown

186

Metal strike

187

Static Electricity

188

Unknown

189

Unknown

190
191

Wood Chips

192

This table represents a summary of the data. The complete dataset is contained in <file hyperlink>.

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

193

Sparks

194

Fire

195

Unknown

196

Spark

197
198

Fire

199
200
201

Hot surface

202

Hot surface

203
204
205
206
207

Unknown

208

Unknown

209

Static

210
211

Static Electricity

212
213

Metal strike

214
215
216

Unknown

This table represents a summary of the data. The complete dataset is contained in <file hyperlink>.

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232

Flame

233
234
235
236
237

unknown

238
239
240

This table represents a summary of the data. The complete dataset is contained in <file hyperlink>.

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

241
242
243
244

Spark

245
246

Unknown

247

Metal to metal strike

248

Excessive heat

249
250

Spark

251
252
253

Unknown

254
255
256

unknown

257
258

Spark

259

unknown

260

Metal strike

261
262
263

Unknown

264

Metal strike

This table represents a summary of the data. The complete dataset is contained in <file hyperlink>.

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Combustible Dust Fire and Explosion Incident Data


Incident #

Ignition Source

265
266

Unknown

267
268

Hot surface

269
270

Unknown

271

spark

272

Cutting torch

273
274
275

Unknown

276
277
278
279
280
281

spark

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Data Limitations:

The combustible dust incidents included here are likely only a small sampling, as no federal or state agency
keeps specific statistics on combustible dust incidents, nor does any single data source provide a
comprehensive collection of all these incidents. Information about small combustible dust incidents and nearmisses is also generally unavailable. For instance, because incidents that cause no fatalities, significant
injuries, or major fires may not be recorded in the OSHA and fire incident databases, the true extent of the
problem is likely understated. Due to these limitations, the CSB does not represent the incident data as
complete or error-free, and other compilations of dust explosion data are available. The books included in the
References of this report, Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS, 2005) and Eckhoff (2003), contain
useful data complilations of dust explosion incidents.
Notes on Validity:

The CSB has made reasonable effort to individually verify each incident in the data set. Some incidents in
the "Raw Data" could not be conclusively verified, therefore they are not included in the 281 incidents
reported in the Dust Study Report's Appendix A. Users of this data are encouraged to perform additional
verification before using any of this data.
Disclaimer & Limits of Usage:

The information contained in the "Basic Data" spreadsheet does not correspond one-to-one to the incidents
reported by CSB in its Hazard Study Report. Some incidents were omitted from the study report due to
insufficient information to verify the incident.
This data is intended for research purposes only. The CSB does not accept responsibility for any use of this
data outside the Agency.

Notes on Data Collection Methodology:

The data sources listed herein were mainly used by the CSB as an initial indication that an incident may have
occurred, that might have been a dust incident. The information contained in this dataset is the result of the
CSB's investigation into the publicly-available sources and/or interviews with persons who have first-hand
knowledge of the events.

OSHA Integrated Management Information System database


The accident database from ICHEME
Lexis/Nexus periodical search
NFPA One Stop Data Shop fire incident data
National Fire Incident Reporting System
CCPS Loss prevention symposia case studies
CCPS Guidelines
Data provided by Dr. Robert Schoeff (KSU 0705)
CSB Incident screening article collection
IndustrialFireWorld

incident listings

NOTE:

The data sources listed herein were mainly used by the CSB as an initial
indication that an incident may have occurred, that might have been a dust
incident. The information contained in this dataset is the result of the CSB's
investigation into the publicly-available sources and/or interviews with persons
who have first-hand knowledge of the events.

The following are the references cited in the CSB report 2006-H-1, Combustible Dust Hazard Study.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 1993. ANSIZ400.1, AmericanNationalStandardforHazardousIndustria


Babrauskas, Vytenis, 2003. IgnitionHandbook, Fire Science Publishers, Issaqua, WA.
Barton, J. A., and H. D. Seaton, 1986. Preventing Dust ExplosionsA Case History, ChemistryinBritain, July 1986.
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), 2005. GuidelinesforSafehandlingofPowdersandBulkSolids,AIChE/CCP
Crowl, Daniel A. UnderstandingExplosions,AIChE/CCPS, New York, NY, 2003.
The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB), 2004, InvestigationReport,DustExplosion,WestPharmaceuticalServices,Inc., U
CSB, 2005. InvestigationReport. Combustible Dust Fire and Explosions, CTA Acoustics, Inc., February 2005.
CSB, 2005. InvestigationReport. Aluminum Dust Explosion, Hayes Lemmerz International-Huntington, Inc., September
Dastidar, Ashok Ghose, et. al., 2005. Evaluation of Dust and Hybrid Mixture Explosion Potential in Process Plants, Pro
Earley, J.M. et. al.,1999. NationalElectricCodeHandbook1999, 8th Ed., National Fire Protection Association.
Ebadat, Vahid, 2003. Is Your Dust Collection System an Explosion Hazard?ChemicalEngineeringProgress,October 20

Eckhoff, Rolff, 2003. DustExplosionsintheProcessIndustries,3rd Ed.Gulf Professional Publishing, Houston, TX.


Eckhoff, Rolff, 2005. ExplosionHazardsintheProcessIndustries. Gulf Professional Publishing, Burlington, MA.
Febo, Henry, 2004. Combustible Dust Hazards and Loss Prevention, presentation to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Haza
FM Global, 2001. Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 7-76: Prevention and Mitigation of Combustible Dust Explosion
GAO, 1979. U.S. General Accounting Office. Grain Dust Explosions -- An Unsolved Problem, HRD-79-1, March

Goings, John E. and Jef Snoeys, 2002. Explosion Protection with Metal Dust Fuels, ProcessSafetyProgress, Vol. 21, N
Gullickson, Richard,1996. ReferenceDataSheetonMaterialSafetyDataSheets, http://www.MSDSsearch.com/msdshist

Kletz T., 1994. LearningfromAccidents, 2nd Ed. Butterworth Heinemann.


Mniszewski, Kim et. al., 2004. Power Loss. The 1999 Ford Power Plant Explosion: A Study of Problems Encountered
National Academy of Sciences (NAS), 1982. Report of the Panel on Causes and Prevention of Grain Elevator Explosion
Occupational Safety and Hazard Association (OSHA), 1998. Hazard Information Bulletin DustExplosionHazardinCerta
OSHA, 2000. Technical Information Bulletin, PotentialforNaturalGasandCoalDustExplosionsinElectricalPowerG
OSHA, 2002. Region4ReportonExplosionatRousePolymerics, U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL).

OSHA, 2003. Regulatory Review of OSHAs Grain Handling Standard [29 CFR 1910.272], http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/com

OSHA, 2005. Safety and Health Information Bulletin,CombustibleDustinIndustry:PreventingandMitigatingtheEffect


National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 61, 2002. StandardforthePreventionofFiresandDustExplosionsinAgric
NFPA 68, 2002. GuideforVentingofDeflagrations,2002Edition. NFPA, Quincy, MA.
NFPA 69, 2002. StandardonExplosionPreventionSystems,2002Edition. NFPA, Quincy, MA.
NFPA 70, 2005. TheNationalElectricCode2005.NFPA, Quincy, MA.
NFPA 484, 2002. StandardforCombustibleMetals,MetalPowders,andMetalDusts,2002Edition. NFPA, Quincy, MA
NFPA 484, 2006. StandardforCombustibleMetals,2006Edition. NFPA, Quincy, MA.
NFPA 499, 2004. RecommendedPracticefortheClassificationofCombustibleDustsandHazardous(Classified)Locatio
NFPA 654, 2006. StandardforthePreventionofFireandDustExplosionsfromtheManufacturing,Processing,andHan
NFPA 654, 2000. StandardforthePreventionofFireandDustExplosionsfromtheManufacturing,Processing,andHan
NFPA 655, 2001. StandardforthePreventionofSulfurFiresandExplosions,2001Edition.NFPA, Quincy, MA.
NFPA 664, 2002. StandardforthePreventionofFiresandExplosionsinwoodProcessingandWoodworkingFacilities,2
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH, 1996. Report of the Hazard Communicatio
Snoeys, Jef et al., 2004. Modeling of Dust Explosions in Industrial Processes: Use of Explosion Simulations for Explosi
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Ural, Erdem, 2005. Dust Explosion Venting Through Ducts, 2005 Loss Prevention Conference, paper 91e, AIChE.
US Department of Labor (USDOL), 1999. Joint Foundry Explosion Investigation Team Report, Jahn Foundry Corporatio
Wright, Michael, 2005. Representing the United Auto Workers et. al., transcript of statements at CSB public hearing on Ju
Zalosh, Robert, 1999. A Tale of Two Explosions. 1999 Loss Prevention Conference, AIChE.
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