FIRE

Name: FIRE at Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company
Start: 06/25/2015

220151880012 · 06/25/2015 · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines 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: —
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Operator: Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company
Mine: 2900708

Narrative

The bearing packing failed on a tailing overflow pump motor, and the packing grease caught fire. The fire was noticed by security at 2:04, Call to MSHA hotline (David) at 2:36, fire was completely extinguished by 3:05 a.m.

Source

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