Date: January 25, 2023
Location: Queens, New York (USA)
Address: 1 Steinway Place, 11105
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Piano Manufacturing
Equipment: Sawdust Silo
Company: Steinway & Sons
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Steinway & Sons is a piano manufacturer headquartered in Queens, New York. It was founded in 1853 in Manhattan and now has a factory in Hamburg, Germany. The factory in the Queens borough of New York City supplies the Americas, and the factory in Hamburg supplies the rest of the world.
Incident Description:
On January 25, 2023, Citizen reported a fire at a piano manufacturing factory in Queens, New York.
Firefighters responded shortly before 9:00 a.m. They found fire in a sawdust silo behind the factory and used a hose to douse the flames at the top. They then opened the gates to the silo to allow the sawdust to fall down to the ground.
No injuries were reported.
OSHA Inspections:
An establishment search turned up one OSHA inspection for Steinway & Sons, but it was not flagged for combustible dust.
Sources:
Citizen
