# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220082320065` · 08/12/2008 · Holcim (US) Incorporated
## 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:** Holcim Ltd
- **Operator:** Holcim (US) Incorporated
- **Mine:** [2400014](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2400014)
## Narrative

There was a large push of material into the clinker cooler. The hot clinker is transported to an elevator & to the outside bins. A trip by the motion switch on the elevator that caused the clinker to go to the main clinker elevator where it is dispensed onto the belt. The emergency water sprays were immediatley activated but the hot clinker ignited the main clinker belt.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*