IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC
Start: 10/25/2010

220103020003 · 10/25/2010 · Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Accident type, without injuries
Occupation: —
Activity: —
Injury source: —
Nature of injury: —
Body part: —
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC
Mine: 1200063

Narrative

At 5:11 pm on Monday, October 25th the Kiln Operator received an alarm that the west explosion vent door opened. It apprears that a backpressure/ignition resulted from the waste(excess) air valve to the firing hood being completely closed.

Source

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