Fatality · MSHA Record #220043490037

Maintenance Man fatality at Sherwin Alumina, L.P. (Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC), TX, December 9, 2004

at 8:15 AM

On December 9, 2004, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Sherwin Alumina, L.P. (Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC), TX.

Sherwin Alumina, L.P. · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC (China Minmetals; BPU Associates)

Contractor on site: XNW

San Patricio County, TX

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

CO. MIS-JUDGED AMOUNT OF MILKY LIME IN TANK. 12/8 THEY REMOVED TANK DOOR & HARD SCALE FORMED OVER DOOR. CO. CONTACTED ONYX TO CUT SCALE AT BASE TO REMOVE WHAT CO. SAID WAS 2-3 FT OF LIQUID. ONYX USED HIGH PRESSURE WATER TO CUT INTO SCALE. ONCE TECH STARTED, SCALE GAVE WAY & TECH WAS TRAPPED UNDER LIQUIDE THAT CAME OUT. MORE LIQUID WAS IN TANK THAN THOUGHT. CO DID NOT SOUND TANK.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hand Tools (Powered)
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: LIQUIDS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 26 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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