IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.
Start: 09/01/2011

220112490032 · 09/01/2011 · Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Greaser, Grease man, Oiler, Lube man, Dragline oiler
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 205
Mine experience: 5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Essar Minerals Canada Limited
Operator: Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.
Mine: 1519068

Narrative

Employee had turned off a gasoline fired water pump and was refueling it when the gasoline ignited, burning his left arm, left leg, left side and the left side of his neck. He was flown to Augusta Georga where he is receiving treatment for burns to his left arm (the most serious of the injuries).

Source

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