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FIRE

220093090025 · 11/04/2009 · River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA

Details

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

Operator

Controller (parent)
Buzzi S p A
Operator
River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA
Mine
2300188

Narrative

Preheater Cone Valve stuck open and the Raw Mill Cone Valve stuck closed causing the Preheater to go positive. The Preheater Fans shut down and hot kiln feed fell out of the Preheat Tower and into the Kiln and Clinker Cooler, then onto the Pan Conveyor mixing with the clinker. This hot materal conveyed to the rubber conveyor belts which caught fire and were destroyed.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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