FIRE

Name: FIRE at Fanwood Crushed Stone
Start: 06/19/2013

220131720042 · 06/19/2013 · Fanwood Crushed Stone

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FIRE
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 57
Mine experience: 3.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert Weldon; William H Weldon
Operator: Fanwood Crushed Stone
Mine: 2800007

Narrative

Employee was gluing PVC pipe, he finished one joint and was moving to another. Picked up tools, glue & primer can. Glue can was tipped, leaking on his coveralls & left leg. He realized this & proceeded to wipe the glue off his leg with a lit cigarette in his hand causing the glue to catch on fire. Burns to left leg, knee & hand.

Source

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