EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc.
Start: 01/22/2005

220050310088 · 01/22/2005 · Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 8.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc.
Mine: 3301159

Narrative

(2 EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED IN THIS ACCIDENT.) WHILE CHANGING HL LEG JACK ON #72 SHIELD, BLOWING UP NEW LEG TO INSTALL KEEPER, THE VALVE EXPLODED SENDING PIECES OF METAL FLYING. METAL STRUCK EE IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND THUMB AND THE VALVE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE. (VALVE ON TOP STAGE WAS SHUT OFF.)

Source

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