EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Start: 01/10/2022

220220180012 · 01/10/2022 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: ACIDS,ALKALI,WET CEMENT
Nature of injury: BURN,CHEMICL-FUME,COMPOUN
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: 130
Mine experience: 15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator: Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
Mine: 3000585

Narrative

While winterizing the lime slurry system an EE disconnected the line to clean it out when the system was offline. When the EE disconnected the line, a loose coupling caused the line to come loose prematurely. Residual lime slurry in the hose sprayed onto the EE getting on EE's face. EE immediately flushed EE's eyes with clean water, the burning continued and was brought to ER.

Source

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