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INUNDATION

220051190051 · 04/19/2005 · Dragon Products Company, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
INUNDATION
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
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Activity
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Injury source
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Nature of injury
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Body part
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Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
C D N - USA
Operator
Dragon Products Company, Inc.
Mine
1700022

Narrative

THE TANKER FROM WHICH AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE WAS TO BE EXTRACTED DID NOT LOOK RIGHT TO AN EE AND EE PLACED HIS HAND ON EXTRACTION VALVE ASSEMBLY IN THE AREA OF THE WING NUT ON THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS BONNET PORTION OF VALVE IN PLACE. AT THIS POINT CLAMP RELEASED SHOT OUT UNDER PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY A STREAM OF AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE. EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW FROM TANKER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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