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FIRE

220151540003 · 05/28/2015 · St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
FIRE
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
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Activity
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Injury source
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Nature of injury
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Body part
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Days lost
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Mine experience
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Operator

Controller (parent)
VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Operator
St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC
Mine
1100118

Narrative

#1Fan on #2Cooler tripped,while resetting,a process upset condition occurred allowing hot clinker to exit the Cooler.This hot clinker exceeded its temp rating. This created a chain reaction where #1Clinker Belt,then #2Clinker belt caught fire.When #2Clinker failed, it fell onto the Incline Fuel Transfer Belt,igniting it,which by a chain reaction ignited the Fuel Shuttle Belt.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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