# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220180030008` · 01/01/2018 · Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.
## 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:** Carmeuse Holding SA
- **Operator:** Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1200426](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1200426)
## Narrative

Employee was applying heat with a natural gas torch to attempt to free up a frozen flop gate at the top of #3 stone silo.  In the process of heating the flop gate, employee inadvertently ignited the adjacent S-132 stone conveyor belt.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*