Fatality · MSHA Record #219933230035

Maintenance Man fatality at Ponce Cement Plant (Cemex de Puerto Rico), PR, November 4, 1993

at 3:30 PM

On November 4, 1993, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Ponce Cement Plant (Cemex de Puerto Rico), PR.

Ponce Cement Plant · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Cemex de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Cement Company Inc)

Ponce County, PR

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Contact with hot objects or substances

Investigator narrative

DECEASED WAS DOING CLEANING DUTIES IN THE TERCIARY AIR DUCT AT NUMBER SIX KILN AREA,WHEN SUDDENLY HOT DUST MATERIAL RAN INTO THE DUCT INFLECTING SEVERE BURNS ON HIS BODY.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of injury: PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 9 years
Experience at this mine: 9 years
Experience in this job: 9 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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