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850 FIRST AVENUE N, BINGHAM LAKE, MN 56118
Standard 19100272 L01
Initial $10,000
Standard 19100022 A01
Initial $13,392
GRAIN EXPLOSION RESULTS IN TWO DEAD THREE HOSPITALIZED
On September 22, 1989, a grain dust explosion occurred at a grain elevator facil ity. Two potential sources of ignition were identified. The first being a cover for a tail pulley on a leg was found wedged in between the tail pulley and the l eg belting. Since both the cover and the tail pulley are metal, a spark may have ignited dust. The second possible ignition source was a head pulley shaft was f ound with bluing marks, indicating overheating, and the head pulley shroud also showed signs of heating, and may have been in contact with the head pulley shaft , producing intense heat. This explosion resulted in two employees being killed and three hospitalized with burns.
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