HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Marblehead Lime Company
Start: 05/04/2000

220001290087 · 05/04/2000 · Marblehead Lime Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: STEAM
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 20
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Carmeuse Holding SA; Lafarge SA
Operator: Marblehead Lime Company
Mine: 2000362

Narrative

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY THE COATING POCKET. AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER EE, WHO WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS POSITION, SPRAYED THE COATING FROM ABOVE HIM WITH WATER. THIS RESULTED IN HIS BEING BURNT BY THE STEAM AND LIME DUST.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown