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CSB Investigation
Report No. CSB-HOEGANAES-2012
2012
Fire Fire
Hoeganaes 致命闪火
Hoeganaes Corporation, Gallatin, Tennessee
Related equipment → Fan / Blower (fan_blower)
5Fatalities
0Injuries
FailureMechanism code FIR
⌗Failure Mode · ISO 14224 Mapping
Damage mechanism (recorded in KB)
FailureFIR
Internal damage-mechanism code (not ISO 14224)
ISO 14224:2016 functional failure code
OTH · Other
Mapped to ISO OTH — Other.
1What Happened
6 个月内 3 起铁粉可燃粉尘闪火，5 名工人死亡
2Root Cause
金属粉末可燃粉尘防爆执行缺陷（跨行业映射至通风/粉尘系统）
3Reliability Lessons (from investigation root cause)
- The 'Root Cause' above is the core lesson of this accident; not split further.
4Associated Failure Mechanisms (Keywords)
铁粉 可燃粉尘 闪火 通风 粉尘
About the Failure-Mode Code (click to expand)
The mechanism code FIR shown on this card is the KB's internal damage-mechanism abbreviation (not an ISO 14224 code); it describes how the equipment failed. The 'ISO 14224 Mapping' block above maps it to the correct ISO functional failure code (which describes what the equipment failed to do) — these are two distinct dimensions in ISO 14224. The mechanism follows the narrative in the card body.
5Evidence Source (transparent)
Authority：U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)
Official Report：www.csb.gov ↗
Data Verification：verified_url_csb_investigations_list_2026-08-07（终报 2012-01-05）
↗Related Failure Modes · Traceability
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