EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
Start: 03/07/2006

220060730015 · 03/07/2006 · Pinnacle Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: JAW INCLUDE CHIN
Days lost: 40
Mine experience: 0.1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Questor Management Company LLC; Benjamin M Statler
Operator: Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
Mine: 4601816

Narrative

Injured was installing a degas packer in a degas hole. The packer was pressurized but continued to leak water. Injured looked into the hole and the end of the packer blew out, striking the injured in the face. (Fractures and lacerations to lower and upper jaw.)

Source

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