EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at U S Gypsum Company
Start: 04/06/2002

220021090025 · 04/06/2002 · U S Gypsum Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Over-exertion NEC
Occupation: Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
Activity: Escaping a hazard
Injury source: MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): USG Corporation
Operator: U S Gypsum Company
Mine: 1200427

Narrative

EE WAS ON LIFT PLATFORM OF #17 ANFO LOADER. AS OPERATOR ENGAGED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO RAISE TABLE,EE TUMBLED BACKWARDS FALLING ON HIS BACK. A HYDRAULIC HOSE BLEW @ SAME TIME EE FELL, SPRAYING HI M W/OIL. EE STATED HE WAS NOT INJURED BY FALL, BUT BY THE SCRAMBLING TRYING TO GET OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE LIFTING PLATFORM, FOR FEAR PLATFORM WOULD COME DOWN.

Source

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