FIRE

Name: FIRE at CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC
Start: 04/02/2022

220221030019 · 04/02/2022 · CEMEX Construction Materials South, 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): Cemex S A
Operator: CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC
Mine: 4102885

Narrative

A locking nut on the screw on coal mill 1 backed out allowing the shaft to float and to rub on the housing. This allowed coke to pass through the gap which was now being heated by friction. This caused the coke to smolder.

Source

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