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FIRE

220063450030 · 09/15/2006 · Asarco LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
FIRE
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
—
Activity
—
Injury source
—
Nature of injury
—
Body part
—
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

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

Narrative

A fire was observed behind the cab of the bulk emullsion truck. The truck was fully involved within minutes. The blast pattern was evacuated and approximately 70 minutes after the fire started an explosion occurred. The bulk emullsion truck was a total loss.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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