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EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

220241030004 · 04/01/2024 · Contract Highwall Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation
Outside foreman, Leadman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
COAL & PETROL PRODUCT,NEC
Nature of injury
BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
8 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
F D Justice II; Greg Henzman
Operator
Contract Highwall Mining, LLC
Mine
1518765

Narrative

The generator overheated so the employee released the pressure then as EE took off the radiator cap the antifreeze spewed up causing burns to EE's face, neck, right shoulder and right arm.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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