HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Specialty Minerals Inc
Start: 07/03/2007

220072080049 · 07/03/2007 · Specialty Minerals Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: KILN PROD,INC BLDUP,REMOV
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 29.29 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Minerals Technologies Inc
Operator: Specialty Minerals Inc
Mine: 0600019

Narrative

Employee was shoveling/discharging furnace when an unexpected sudden discharge of heated dust hit his neck and upper chest area. Furnace 10 was being used to dry spent calcium/aluminate briquettes for a trial at the time and was almost empty.

Source

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