FIRE

Name: FIRE at Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.
Start: 01/01/2018

220180030008 · 01/01/2018 · Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.

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): Carmeuse Holding SA
Operator: Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc.
Mine: 1200426

Narrative

Employee was applying heat with a natural gas torch to attempt to free up a frozen flop gate at the top of #3 stone silo. In the process of heating the flop gate, employee inadvertently ignited the adjacent S-132 stone conveyor belt.

Source

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