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FIRE

220151530002 · 05/30/2015 · St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC

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
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Operator
St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC
Mine
1100118

Narrative

#1 Fan on #2 Cooler tripped, while resetting the fan, a process upset condition occurred allowing hot clinker to exit the #2 Cooler. This hot clinker exceeded the temperature rating for the belt. This created a chain reaction where #1 Clinker Belt, then #2 Clinker belt both caught fire. When #2 Clinker failed, it fell onto the Indine Fuel Transfer Belt, igniting it

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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