EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Company
Start: 04/20/2001

220011830091 · 04/20/2001 · Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Marie E Tipping
Operator: Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Company
Mine: 0504296

Narrative

EE WAS ASSISTING DIESEL FUEL SUPPLIER BY HOLDING NOZZLE INTO TANK AIR PRESSURE BUILT UP IN THE TANK AND BLEW THE NOZZLE FROM THE TANK BEFORE EE RELEASED THE NOZZLE HIS ARM WAS JERKED AND THEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

Source

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