Accession Number:
ADA275216
Title:
Assessment of Accident at Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Corporate Author:
ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS STRUCTURES LAB
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1993-11-01
Pagination or Media Count:
16.0
Abstract:
A desk study was conducted to assess probable sequences of events that could have led to a flash fire and subsequent lethal explosion of a double- base rocket propellant grain being machined to final dimensions. The incident occurred at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Virginia, on about 28 March 1988. A rational and highly likely scenario was hypothesized that encompassed all of the most credible probabilities.
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Subject Categories:
- Safety Engineering
- Ammunition and Explosives