IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Thermocal Minerals of Idaho LLC
Start: 03/11/2019

220190710020 · 03/11/2019 · Thermocal Minerals of Idaho LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Mill equipment
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 326
Mine experience: 0.33 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Paul Van Beek; Ron Van Beek
Operator: Thermocal Minerals of Idaho LLC
Mine: 1001328

Narrative

An employee was lighting a propane weed burner to heat the under side of a hammer mill. EE must have let the propane run too long before trying to light it. It apparently accumulated gas under the hammer mill flashing when EE lit it. It burned EE's face and hand.

Source

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