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EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Fatal · 220053400018 · 11/29/2005 · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Phelps Dodge Corp
Operator
Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company
Mine
2900762

Narrative

THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY LEAKS IN A PONTOON ON A PUMP BARGE. APPARENTLY HE CONNECTED A COMPRESSOR TO THE END PLATE OF THE PONTOON VIA A THREADED NIPPLE, A HOSE WITH A VALVE AND AN AIR PRESSURE GAUGE. THE END OF THE PONTOON RUPTURED AND APPEARS TO HAVE HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, THE EXACT PROCEDURE & POSITION OF EE'S BODY DURING THE

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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