LOOSENED RADIATOR CAP TO RELEASE SOME PRESSURE SINCE THE EQUIPMENT WAS RUNNING HOT. ANTI-FREEZE & WATER PRESSURE POPPED THE CAP CAUSING THE CONTENTS TO SPRAY THE EMPLOYEE, WHICH RESULTED IN 1S T & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE RIGHT FOREARM, RIGHT SIDE & SIDE OF CHEST.
GREAT BEND SAND PIT Metal/Non-Metal
Great Bend Asphalt & Sand Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Westhoff Julie
Barton County,
KS
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401141
MSHA record for GREAT BEND SAND PIT (mine ID 1401141). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1990 · 1 incident
Westhoff Sand Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
1989 · 1 incident
May 23, 1989
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Westhoff Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WELDING ON THE SAND PLANT.
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