EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Mears Sand & Gravel, LLC
Start: 04/30/2008

220081280015 · 04/30/2008 · Mears Sand & Gravel, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach operator, Riverman, Deck hand
Activity: Idle
Injury source: LIQUIDS,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: FACE,NEC
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 1.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Craig S. Mears
Operator: Mears Sand & Gravel, LLC
Mine: 1600883

Narrative

Employee was heating a can of soup on one of the engines on the dredge. When employee went to open can, contents of can sprayed on him. It is not know if he vented the can before placing it on the engine/manifold to be heated.

Source

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