EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Omar Mining Company
Start: 11/01/2000

220003110061 · 11/01/2000 · Omar Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: COAL & PETROL PRODUCT,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 29
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Omar Mining Company
Mine: 4603141

Narrative

EE ENCOUNTERED HEATING PROBLEMS WITH HIS DOZER. AS HE KNELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DOOR TRACK,THE RETURN HOSE ON THE RADIATION BURST, SPRAYINGHIM ON THE NECK, CHEST, ARMS, HANDS, AND LOWER BACK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED SECOND & THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO 20% OF HIS BODY.

Source

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