Incident date: 2015-08-28
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee changing filters on a filter system connected to a grinding unit dropped one of the filters into the filter unit. The impact inside the unit created a spark that ignited the aluminum dust, causing an aluminum dust deflagration. A fire ball discharged from the filter unit, contacting and causing second degree burns to the employee's hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Dust explosion
code_source: title: Aluminum and compounds
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate