Industrial Fire Prevention

From Bryan Haywood SAFTENG July 31, 2017 at approximately 1:00 pm. Switz City, Indiana. White Farms Inc. Overhead tank collapsed full of corn. It hit a power line on the way down and sparked the grain dust igniting the dust and causing the flash. There were no injuries! Bryan Haywood SAFTENG Published on Jul 31, 2017

From 5NEWSOnline.com Three Hospitalized After Flash Fire at OK Foods Feed Mill LEFLORE COUNTY (KFSM) – Three people are hospitalized with severe burns Tuesday morning (Mar. 24) after a flash fire at the OK Foods Feed Mill in LeFlore County. Two people remain in critical condition at a hosptial in Tulsa. The other worker was transported to Sparks Hospital with minor injuries. An officer with Heavener Police said the flash fire happened at the mill on Highway 128 around 7:30 p.m. Monday night (Mar. 23). Authorities said it happened on the third floor of the mill, where two contract welders were working. Authorities said grain dust suddenly caught fire. Several employees were inside the building at the time of the incident jumping to safety from three stories up, authorities said. Most of them were able to make it outside of the building without any injuries. The conditions and the identities of the burn victims are not b...