IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Asarco LLC
Start: 07/11/2006

220062060022 · 07/11/2006 · Asarco LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator
Activity: Welding or cutting
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: EAR(S) EXTERNAL
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.48 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Grupo Mexico S A B de C V
Operator: Asarco LLC
Mine: 0200150

Narrative

3 men were replacing mounting bolts on a HP1000 crusher. While installing a 2' I beam pusher, they attempted to strike an arc, instead they got a flash fire from the arc strike. The bottom hydraulic hose under pressure must have had a pinhole leak putting out a vapor cloud. No one saw any traces of the hydrualic leak before starting the job.

Source

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