Fatality · MSHA Record #219831920013

Dryer Operator fatality at INDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL (Lehigh Portland Cement Company), KS, June 24, 1983

at 7:05 AM

On June 24, 1983, a dryer operator was fatally injured in a fire accident at INDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL (Lehigh Portland Cement Company), KS.

INDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Lehigh Portland Cement Company (USX Corp (United States Steel Corp))

Montgomery County, KS

Classification FIRE

Type Contact with hot objects or substances

Investigator narrative

NO 1 & 2 STONE DRYERS WERE OPERATING ON #6 FUEL OIL AND #3 DRYER WAS OPERATING ON NATURAL GAS DURING THE 12 MIDNIGHT TO 8:00 AM SHIFT ON 6/24L83. RAW MATERIAL DEPT INCLUDING THE DRYERS WAS SCH INSURE THAT THE OIL IN THE FUEL LINES FROM THE STORAGE TANK TO THE DRYER BURNERS ARE PURGED OF OIL WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD PLUT THE FUEL LINES. THE FOREMAN PERSONALLY NOTIFIED THE INJURED TO BE

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of injury: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 4 years
Experience at this mine: 4 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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