Mining Incidents

BYK Additives Inc.Mining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at BYK Additives Inc. operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
0
Total incidents
6
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST5 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2001

Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE PERFORMING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ON FLUID BED DRYER, ORGANO DUST SUSPENDED IN THE FILTER SOCK, DISLODGED, CAUSING A DUST CLOUD OF PROPER CONCENTRATION TO SUSTAIN A FIRE. THE DUST CL OUD WAS IGNITED WHEN IT TRAVELED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SMOLDERING ORGANO CLAY THAT HAD BEEN HEATED BY COMBUSTION BURNER FLAME. A VALVE BETWEEN THE COMBUSTION CH

Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE PERFORMING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ON FLUID BED DRYER, ORGANO DUST SUSPENDED IN THE FILTER SOCK, DISLODGED, CAUSING A DUST CLOUD OF PROPER CONCENTRATION TO SUSTAIN FIRE. THE DUST CLOU D WAS IGNITED WHEN IT TRAVELED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SMOLDERING ORGANO CLAY THAT HAD BEEN HEATED BY COMBUSTION BURNER FLAME.A VALVE BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND DRYE

Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE PERFORMING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ON FLUID BED DRYER, ORGANO DUST SUSPENDE IN FILTER SOCK, DISLODGED, CAUSING A DUST CLOUD OF PROPER CONCENTRATION TO SUSTAIN A FIRE. THE DUST CLOUD W AS IGNITED WHEN IT TRAVELED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SMOLDERING ORGANO CLAY THAT HAD BEEN HEATED BY COMBUSTION BURNER FLAME. A VALVE BETWN. COMBUSTION CHAMBER& DRY

Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE PERFORMING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ON FLUID BED DRYER, ORGANO DUST SUSPENDED IN FILTER SOCK, DISLODGED, CAUSING A DUST CLOUD OF PROPER CONCENTRATION TO SUSTAIN A FIRE. THE DUST CLOUD WAS IGNITED WHEN IT TRAVELED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SMOLDERING ORGANO CLAY THAT HAD BEEN HEATED BY COMBUSTION BURNER FLAME. A VALVE BETWEEN THE COMB.CHAMBER AND

Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE PERFORMING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ON FLUID BED DRYER, ORGANO DUST SUSPENDED IN THE FILTER SOCK, DISLODGED, CAUSING A DUST CLOUD OF PROPER CONCENTRATION TO SUSTAIN A FIRE. THE DUST CL OUD WAS IGNITED WHEN IT TRAVELED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SMOLDERING ORGANO CLAY THAT HAD BEEN HEATED BY COMBUTION BURNER FLAME. A VALVE BETWEEN THE COMBUSTION CHA

Fall to the walkway or working surface

DARKNESS, LIGHTS IN AREA WERE NOT TURNED ON BY EE. EE WALKING BACKWARDS, NOT WATCHING WHERE GOING.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to BYK Additives Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.