Fatality · MSHA Record #220053400018
Welder (Shop)
November 29, 2005 at 11:00 AM
Grant County, NM
ClassificationEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
TypeStruck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY LEAKS IN A PONTOON ON A PUMP BARGE. APPARENTLY HE CONNECTED A COMPRESSOR TO THE END PLATE OF THE PONTOON VIA A THREADED NIPPLE, A HOSE WITH A VALVE AND AN AIR PRESSURE GAUGE. THE END OF THE PONTOON RUPTURED AND APPEARS TO HAVE HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, THE EXACT PROCEDURE & POSITION OF EE'S BODY DURING THE
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Surface Equipment, Nec
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 1.54 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1.54 years
- Experience in this job
- 1.54 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220053400018 · Mine ID 2900762Trainer view →