Dust explosions statistics in 2010

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Date	City, Province	Dust/Process	Human loss	Financial loss/RMB	Cause	Death	Injury
Jan. 13	Wenzhou, Zhejian	Polishing of aluminum alloy components, precipitating room explosion	2d, 9i(6s)	0.56 mil	Unknown. Possibly spontaneous combustion, mechanical friction in fan or electrostatic discharge.	2	9
Jan. 24	Chaohu, Anhui	Coal pulverization, bag filter explosion	4d	Moderate	Unknown. Possibly spontaneous combustion.	4
Feb. 21	Shanghai	Plastic solid waste crushing in disposal process, explosion and fire	6d,8i (3s)	Severe	Possibly mechanical friction of crush machine.	6	8
Feb. 24	Qinhuangdao, Hebei	Cornstarch sieving/packing, explosion and fire	21d, 47i	17.73 mil	Officially concluded as mechanical impact/friction.	21	47
Apr. 21	Beian, Heilongjiang	Coal pulverization, coal mill explosion	1d, 3i(3s)	Moderate	Spontaneous combustion in mill. Restarted the system without eliminating the smoldering nest.	1	3
28-May	Zhangzhou, Fujian	Wood processing (buffering), explosion	4i(3s)	Minor	Possibly mechanical friction of buffering machine.		4
Jul. 7	Zibo, Shandong	Pharmacy dust, dust collector, explosion	1i	Minor	Considered as electrostatic by local workers.		1
Jul. 23	Zhengzhou, Henan	Food additive (Benzoyl peroxide), bag filter explosion	14i (12s)	Moderate	Most probably electrostatic discharge in the bag filter.		14
Aug. 3	Foshan, Guangdong	Wood processing (board rolling) explosion	1d, 3i(3s)	Moderate	Unknown. Hot surface of rolling machine, or electrical fire.	1	3
Aug. 5	Shenzhen,	Polishing of aluminum alloy components, dust collection, explosion	10i (3s)	Moderate	Unknown. Possibly spontaneous combustion, mechanical friction in fan or electrostatic discharge.		10
Aug. 8	Zibo,	Silicon pulverization, Raymond mill explosion	7i (4s)	Moderate	Mechanical impact/friction in mill.		7
Aug. 8	Shanghai	Unknown	1i	Minor	Unknown		1
Aug. 19	Yichun, Jiangxi	Polishing of aluminum alloy components, sanding machine fire	0i	Minor	Mechanical impact/friction
Aug. 31	Beijing	Ceramics producing using aluminum and ferric oxide explosion and fire	1d, 3i	Moderate	Runaway of thermite reaction ignited aluminum powder (raw material).	1	3
Sept. 19	Huantai, Shandong	Organic silicon powder process, explosion	2d	Moderate	Hot-working during repairing	2
Sept. 29	Changzhou, Jiangsu	Aluminum powder processing, explosion	1d, 4i(3s)	Severe	Unknown. Explosion initiated in power collection system.	1	4
Sept. 29	Wenzhou, Zhejiang	Metal components (locks) polishing, explosion and fire	2i	Moderate	Unknown. The workers said, possibly because of electrical fire.		2
Oct. 11	Fuqing, Fujian	Fiber grafting on rubber, drying process, explosion in drying room and fiber sieving room	5i (4s)	Moderate	Unknown. Possibly hot surface or electrostatic discharge.		5
Nov. 15	Changzhou, Jiangsu	Aluminum powder packing, explosion	3i (3s)	Moderate	Mechanical impact/friction of classifier wheel in powder classifier		3
Nov. 24	Wenzhou, Zhejiang	Metal components (locks) polishing, explosion and fire	6i	Moderate	Unknow
Nov. 30	Nanjing, Jiangsu	Fe-Mg-Al-Si alloy powder blending	2i(2s)	Moderate	Blender malfunction		2
Dec. 15	Jiandu,	Wood processing plant, explosion and fire of aluminum powder	2d, 9i (?s)	Severe	Under investigation. Possibly first aluminum powder (raw materials) fire, then explosion and violent fire because of water “extinguishing”.	2	9
Dec. 30	Kunming, Yunnan	Bio-pharmacy plant, pellet workshop, explosion and fire	5d, 8i(5s)	Severe	Under investigation. A refrigerator under repairing exploded at first, then explosion and fire of pharmacy dust and other raw materials.	5	8
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