EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Lafarge North America
Start: 10/25/2006

220063000014 · 10/25/2006 · Lafarge North America

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 57
Mine experience: 5.29 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge North America
Mine: 3300069

Narrative

Employee was rolling the kiln (working on firing it back up) when he disengaged the transmission and the housing blew apart into many pieces striking him on his legs which knocked him off the pier. He was transported by LifeFlight to Parkview hospital in Fort Wayne. He has 2 deep severe lacerations to his upper and lower leg, gashes on his hips and a broken right ankle.

Source

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