DECATUR, ALABAMA—
GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC
Explosion, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC, 800 Market Street NE, DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601 on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was preparing to move a 24-volt battery operated fertilizer diverter conveyor system and valve. He removed an electrical cord used to charge the internal battery charger for the two 12-volt batteries when an internal spark caused an explosion within the battery box. The employee sustained a broken left hand and lacerations to the forehead.
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HAZEN, ARKANSAS—
GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC
Employees were standing by an agricultural tractor with a chemical applicator to see if the installed fan was working properly. The tractor's RPM shot up and the fan began to spin faster than normal causing the fan's protective casing to explode and shoot metal pieces towards two employees on the opposite side of the tractor. Pieces of metal impaled one employee in the abdomen resulting in hospitalization. The second employee sustained a chest laceration and was not hospitalized.
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