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
Source of injury: PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 1.54 years
Experience at this mine: 1.54 years
Experience in this job: 1.54 years
Mine type: Facility
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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