← MSHA accidents

Mine accident

220051510027 · 05/23/2005 · Cemex California Cement LLC

Details

Degree of injury
Classification
Accident type
No Value Found
Occupation
Activity
Injury source
Nature of injury
Body part
Days lost
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Cemex S A
Operator
Cemex California Cement LLC
Mine
0400281

Narrative

At 7:50 a.m. burning coal from the coal stockpile got on to the conveyor and into the coal mill. The coal ignited the coal dust causing the internal system to catch fire. The CO2 internal fire supression sys failed to extinguish. fire isolated and discharged to ground. extinguished at 9:40 a.m.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown