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Case study · MSHA Record #219962850001

Maintenance Man fatality

September 16, 1996 at 9:45 AM
Cantera Espinosa · Argos Puerto Rico Corp · Manati County, PR
Investigator narrative
BASED ON THE INFORMATION COLLECTED AT THIS DATE THE EMP WHILE IN AREA ADJACENT TO THE COOLER SYSTEM SUFFER SERIOUS BURNS IN HIS BODY WHEN A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RELEASE OF HOT RAW MATERIAL SP ILLED OVER HIM.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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