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National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
AUTHOR ABSTRACT
This
Alert requests the assistance of fire department personnel,
farm owners and workers, and silo manufacturers in the prevention
of fatalities due to fires and explosions occurring in oxygen-limiting
silos.
Several
recent incidents occurred while fighting oxygen-limiting silo
fires which resulted in the death of fire fighters. Other
fire fighters lost their lives as a result of similar explosions
in the late 1960's. The problems associated with burning silos
appeared to have abated during recent years, but these incidents
demonstrate the need to renew efforts to minimize their recurrence.
A concerted effort should be made to prevent silo fires from
occurring and to provide training programs on controlling
this type in a of fire.
SOURCE AND NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
SOURCE:
Cincinnati, Ohio: National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health; 1986. 6.
NLOM ID#: No
ID#.
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Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S.
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Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational
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