A Review of Recent Accidents Involving Explosives Transport [2009]

Details

• Personal Author:
  Mainiero, Richard J. ; Rowland, James H. III
• Description:
  Explosions and ammonium nitrate (AN) transport in the U.S. is very safe. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of explosive and AN transport in all parts of the world. The safe history of explosives and AN transport in the U.S. is due to diligent efforts by government, labor, and industry. However, accidents will become more common and disastrous if we become complacent. Most of the incidents described above involved AN and there was a delay between the time the accident occurred, the cargo caught fire, and the cargo exploded. There is a potential to significantly reduce injuries and fatalities if the time between the fire and explosion were used for evacuation rather than fighting the fire. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Explosions Explosive Agents Mining Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Explosives Injuries Mining-industry Transportation-industry Transportation-workers
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0889-0668
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Georgia ; Maine ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6-12
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035407
• Citation:
  J Explos Eng 2009 Mar; 26(2):6-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonium nitrate (CAS RN 6484-52-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c52cb500288f2812e77b10dfd31d3167cd5a49b89dc43941c7101eae3ccdaaf9b9ac060e6e5f30c47afac25edcf2fa9df1c49a7d2eb5580c089c544a5d568853
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227093/cdc_227093_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.66 MB ]