ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Start: 03/13/2006

220060760013 · 03/13/2006 · Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Flash burns (electric)
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 317
Mine experience: 30.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Mine: 3000006

Narrative

The miner was injured while racking out a 4,160 V switchgear for a raw mill. The miner went to open the switchgear for the wrong mill. He opened the switchgear still under full load. The mechanical interlock failed to hold. The miner is seriously burned.

Source

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