FIRE

Name: FIRE at Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Start: 10/01/2003

220032880025 · 10/01/2003 · Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated

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 (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Mine: 3000006

Narrative

THE CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR MADE AN ERROR IN PUTTING HOT CLINKER ON THE CONVEYOR BELT RATHER THAN SENDING THE CLINKER DIRECTLY TO THE CLINKER STORAGE HALL. THE BELTING ON THE CONVEYOR WA S NOT A HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIAL AND NOT SUITED FOR THE APPLICATION.

Source

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