# IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
> MSHA accident `220000310002` · 01/15/2000 · Lehigh Portland Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Lehigh Portland Cement Company
- **Mine:** [1200063](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1200063)
## Narrative

WE GOT THE ALARM ON THE #3 KILN FIRING SYSTEM. THIS AUTOMATICALLY STOPS THE COAL BELT, SCREW, & ROTARY AIRLOCK THE FEEDS THE COAL MILL. AFTER ALARM CLEARED THE COAL FEED GROUP WAS RESTARTED. A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE COAL MILL AREA. (THE BELT & SCREW HAD NOT BEEN STARTED.) OCCASIONAL SPARKS COMING OUT OF THE COAL TRAP WERE OBSERVED. RUPTURE DISC ON TOP OF CYCLONE WAS DAMAGED.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*