Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS TORCHING BOLTS OFF IMPACTOR. AS HE WAS TORCHING, HOT METAL SLAG RAN OFF AND BURNED THE ACCTYLEVE HOSE IN HALF, CAUSING A FIRE. IN ESSENCE THE FIRE BURNED EE S HAND.
RACE TRACK PITMetal/Nonmetal
Las Vegas Paving Corp · Surface
Controlled by Jay Smith
Clark County, NV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602399
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Dec 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2000 · 2 incidents
Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG THE LIME SYSTEM, WHEN A HOSE CAME OFF ITS VALVE FROM THE BACK, ANDLIME SPRAYED HIM IN THE FACE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES , BUT THE PRESSURE WAS TOO GREAT, AN D IT GOT INTO HIS EYES.