IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Wyo-Ben, Inc
Start: 03/18/2010

220100880017 · 03/18/2010 · Wyo-Ben, Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Inspect equipment or mine
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 5.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): David Brown
Operator: Wyo-Ben, Inc
Mine: 4800611

Narrative

Employee was checking coal elevator pit/shed to see if a bearing was hot, he dislodged some coal dust that fell onto smolder coal in the bottom of the coal elevator pit. The dust ignited and singed exposed hair on the employee and causing first degree burn on his left hand.

Source

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