IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Start: 11/28/2001

220013390001 · 11/28/2001 · 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 (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Mine: 1200063

Narrative

NO PERSONAL INJURIES.APPROX 10:30 AM KILN COAL MILL WIGH SCALE BELT WAS ERRATIC AND WAS STARTING AND STOPPING INTERMITTENLY. ELECTRICAN TO CHECK THE BRUSHES ON THE DRIVE MOTOR FOR THE WEIGH SC ALE BELT. 10:45 AM WAS IGNITION OF COAL DUST SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE COAL MILL SYSTEM CAUSING AN EXPLOSION WITHIN THE SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED THE COAL MILL SYSTEM RUPTURE DISC TO RUPTURE. THE COAL M

Source

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