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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Fatal · 220141700028 · 06/14/2014 · Diamond K Gypsum Inc

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Welding or cutting
Injury source
FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury
BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
Mine experience
0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Karen Palmer
Operator
Diamond K Gypsum Inc
Mine
4202077

Narrative

Employee was shrink wrapping a pallet with a weed burner and for some unknown reason he burned himself and was found by a co-worker in a serious burn condition. He is burned over 36% of his body including left arm, which has been amputated, and his right upper arm, chest and face. The cause of death was mucomuyosis (fungal infection).

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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