Hopper Incidents

This equipment type has been involved in one or more CSB investigations as a primary or contributing factor. Each linked page provides the full event sequence, root causes, failed safeguards, and CSB safety recommendations.

3 CSB investigations in this database involve hopper as a primary or contributing equipment factor, spanning 1998–2024.

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Hopper Incidents (3)

Incident	Date	Industry	Key Hazard
Hayes Lemmerz Dust Explosions and Fire	10/29/2003	Metals	Dust Explosion, Fire
US Ink Fire	10/09/2012	Chemical Manufacturing	Dust Explosion, Flash Fire
Xcel Energy Company Hydroelectric Tunnel Fire	10/02/2007	Utilities	Fire, Flash Fire

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Related Hazard Types

Fire · Dust Explosion · Explosion · Flash Fire · Overpressure

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Related Equipment

Dust Collector · Furnace · Separator · Filter · Baghouse · Mixer

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Data sourced from CSB.gov public investigation reports. This site is an independent project not affiliated with the U.S. CSB.