Combustible Dust Explosion at Motorcycle Rim Manufactured Factory
This safety alert is issued following the occurrence of an aluminum dust explosion occurred at a motorcycle rim manufactured factory in the early November 2010.
8 workers were injured as a result of the dust explosion and 2 of them received serious injuries. The explosion also caused damage to buildings and manufacturing plant, the destruction of the dust collector system and also broke windows of factories nearby.
From investigations carried out, an explosion occurs due to a small fire that originated from the polishing machine and then caused a chain of dust explosion occurred.
The dust collector after explosion
The dust collector after explosion
The polishing machine (ignition source)
The polishing machine was thought to be ignition source
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