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FIRE
220050760054 · 03/07/2005 · Buffalo Coal Company Inc
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- Classification
- FIRE
- Accident type
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Occupation
- Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- Activity
- Welding or cutting
- Injury source
- FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- Nature of injury
- BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- Body part
- HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- Days lost
- 28
- Mine experience
- 3.5 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Gerald W Ramsburg; Charles R Howdershelt
- Operator
- Buffalo Coal Company Inc
- Mine
- 4602602
Narrative
Employee was using a cutting torch to repair a track when the oxygen hose burst and caught fire. Employee suffered 3rd degree burns to his left hand.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown