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FIRE

220110180060 · 01/14/2011 · Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.

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)
Carmeuse Holding SA; Lafarge SA
Operator
Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.
Mine
1200426

Narrative

Oil inside of Kiln 5 bull gear housing ignited at 9:39am partially due to kiln being shut down recently. The fire was contained within the gear housing and extinguished using hand-held extinguishers at 10:20am. No injury or equipment damage occurred as a result of the incident. MSHA hotline was contacted at 10:12am to inform them of the fire.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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