Full Report: Explosion of DeBruce Grain Elevator, Wichita, Kansas; June 8, 1998

Excellent overview on how a combustible dust explosion is investigated. Includes many educational pictures with comments in APPENDICE A Scientific basis for the analysis of the explosion

Grain Elevator Explosion Investigation Team (GEEIT), Vernon L. Grose, D.Sc., Editor Report Placed in Final Electronic Format By David K. McDonnell of OSHA in Cooperation with GEEIT

Special thanks to Dr.Bill Kauffman, for sharing the DeBruce report. Viewers will find chapters absent from the initial OSHA web page regarding the DeBruce Grain Elevator Explosion - Report in the section below

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 8, Chapter 14, initial OSHA web page

Cover

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Cover inside

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Report Table of Contents

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q1tynPH2_SSqPJN6akZAl5f21-5-w1ON8zV3EoKP3sk/edit

List of Figures in the Report

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Chap 4 DeBRUCE MANAGEMENT ROLE IN EXPLOSION

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Chap 5 DeBRUCE OPERATIONAL ROLE IN EXPLOSION

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Chap 6 ELEVATOR STATUS AT EXPLOSION

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Chap 7 GRAIN ELEVATOR EXPLOSION FACTORS

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Chap 9 WITNESS TESTIMONY

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Chap 10 TRENDS IN GRAIN HANDLING

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Chap 11 ECONOMICS OF GRAIN DUST

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Chap 12 ROLE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION

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Chap 13 INVESTIGATION LESSONS LEARNED

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APPENDICE A Scientific basis for the analysis of the explosion

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APPENDICE B Industrial Maintenance, Inc. solicited proposals

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Proposals

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APPLICABLE FEDERAL REGULATIONS

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REFERENCES

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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GEEIT MEMBERSHIP

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