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Case study · MSHA Record #220053400018

Welder (Shop) fatality

November 29, 2005 at 11:00 AM
SX-EW · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · Grant County, NM
Investigator narrative
THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY LEAKS IN A PONTOON ON A PUMP BARGE. APPARENTLY HE CONNECTED A COMPRESSOR TO THE END PLATE OF THE PONTOON VIA A THREADED NIPPLE, A HOSE WITH A VALVE AND AN AIR PRESSURE GAUGE. THE END OF THE PONTOON RUPTURED AND APPEARS TO HAVE HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, THE EXACT PROCEDURE & POSITION OF EE'S BODY DURING THE
Record details
Classification
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Activity at time
Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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