ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at American Colloid Company Mineral Group
Start: 04/10/2023

220231070014 · 04/10/2023 · American Colloid Company Mineral Group

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Flash burns (electric)
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: SPACE HEATERS
Nature of injury: ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator: American Colloid Company Mineral Group
Mine: 0100093

Narrative

An equipment operator in the mine suffered a burn on right hand from an electrical arc flash. During shift start up at the pre-shift huddle, the operator was attempting to plug a 220-volt floor standing space heater into an outlet when it flashed, resulting in a burn to the operator's palm.

Source

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