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Case study · MSHA Record #219920060149
Maintenance Man fatality
December 26, 1991 at 10:01 PM
Spring Creek Mine
· Spring Creek Coal Company
· Big Horn County, MT
Investigator narrative
EE WAS WORKING SWING SHIFT (3:PM TO 11:30PM) PERFORMING MAITENANCE WORK ON THE DRAG SCRAPER LOCATED ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE TRUCK DUMP. AT 9:58PM, HE NOTICED SOME SMOLDERING COAL. AT 10:01 P M WITH WATER HOSE IN HAND HE STARTED HOSING DOWN WITH WATER THE SMOLDERING COAL. CAUSING A FLASH BACK. RESULTING IN FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM.
Record details
- Classification
- FIRE
- Accident type
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Activity at time
- Handling Supplies Or Material
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- Nature of injury
- BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- Body part affected
- UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 11 years
- Experience in this job
- 11 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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