FIRE

Name: FIRE at Ash Grove Cement Company
Start: 07/07/2014

220141910022 · 07/07/2014 · Ash Grove Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: FIRE
Accident type: Accident type, without injuries
Occupation: —
Activity: —
Injury source: —
Nature of injury: —
Body part: —
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Ash Grove Cement Company
Operator: Ash Grove Cement Company
Mine: 4100026

Narrative

A computer glitch during new kiln commissioning caused a kiln shutdown. Approx. 1200 degree F. air was forced into a rubber duct due to a drop in positive air pressure. The hot air eventually caused the duct to catch fire from the inside out.

Source

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