Explosion at LCAAP - Primer Mixing Room

[AMproducts]

Deadly Explosion at Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri | Military.com

Oddly, the containment system worked exactly as it should have. One fatality, but no more.

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[armoredman]

Dammit...This will be an interesting investigation.

 

[Joe Link]

Wow, interested to hear how that happened.

 

[AMproducts]

I would imagine as the weather changed, perhaps some seasonal procedures (humidity control in the priming cell) were not updated quickly enough, and either the priming material dried out prematurely or the operator was not paying attention and the material was not re-wet sufficiently, or there was static build up. Or, absolutely worst case, perhaps something was dropped onto the mix resulting in detonation.

Priming compound is no joke, even powder in bulk is no joke. At the beginning of the industrialized production and use of explosives (primers and powder are made from explosives) there were a lot of scientists and engineers who were killed by mundane things that turned deadly.

 

[Joe Link]

I would imagine as the weather changed, perhaps some seasonal procedures (humidity control in the priming cell) were not updated quickly enough, and either the priming material dried out prematurely or the operator was not paying attention and the material was not re-wet sufficiently, or there was static build up. Or, absolutely worst case, perhaps something was dropped onto the mix resulting in detonation.

Priming compound is no joke, even powder in bulk is no joke. At the beginning of the industrialized production and use of explosives (primers and powder are made from explosives) there were a lot of scientists and engineers who were killed by mundane things that turned deadly.

Pretty scary that there are so many variables that could result in something like this.

 

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[AZOutdoorGear]

WOW! I have actually been to this facility. Hope they figure out what happened. They have been operating since 1941... Long time.

 

[AZOutdoorGear]

"ATF concludes no crime involved in fatal explosion at Lake City ammunition plant." Whew..... that is good to know...

Read more here: ATF concludes no crime involved in fatal explosion at Lake City ammunition plant | The Kansas City Star

 

[AMproducts]

Yea, wouldn't think any part about this was intentional, it's just a accident, sadly a fatal one.