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IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
220081550022 · 06/02/2008 · Balcones Minerals Corp
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- Classification
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
- Accident type
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Occupation
- Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
- Activity
- Machine maintenance
- Injury source
- FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- Nature of injury
- BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- Body part
- BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- Days lost
- 21
- Mine experience
- 20 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Gene W Oeding
- Operator
- Balcones Minerals Corp
- Mine
- 4100252
Narrative
Employee was lighting #1 Kiln. He did not know gas was trapped in Kiln. When he lit it, it exploded.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown