# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220002490194` · 08/19/2000 · Asarco Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** FIRE
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Grupo Mexico S A B de C V
- **Operator:** Asarco Inc
- **Mine:** [0200855](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0200855)
## Narrative

WHILE WORKING ON MAIN FRAME INSERTS ON #2 SHORTHEAD CRUSHER, EMPLOYEES CUT A PAD EYE WITH A WELDER; THE SLAG DROPPED ON A TERTIARY SCREEN PANEL, CAUSING A FIRE ON THE TERTIARY SCREEN. EMPLOYE ES BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS OUT BY THE TIME RURAL FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED (9:30 A.M.), BUT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FIRE HADN'T BEEN EXTINGUISHED IN THE FEEDER AND SURGE BIN NEARBY. FIRE THEN EXTINGUIS

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