ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Start: 12/04/2009

220093480013 · 12/04/2009 · Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Flash burns (electric)
Occupation: Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: TRANSFORMERS,CONVERTERS
Nature of injury: ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 25
Mine experience: 5.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
Mine: 3800305

Narrative

An Industrial Designer, employed by Tegron Industrial Automation, apparently opened an MCC disconnect and alleges to have received an arc flash burn while measuring for a control transformer. He apparently sealed the enclosure back and left the plant without notifying anyone of his injury. Tegron contacted the plant on Monday, December 7, 2009 and reported the injury.

Source

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