OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777813
KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER
MAGNA, UT·
Event description
Employee burned by hot copper concentrate fines
Investigation abstract
Approximately 200 tons of copper concentrate fines had been accidentally reledge d from the hopper over the dryer, falling 20 ft and piling up over the dryer, wh ich heated the fines to a possible 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Employee #1 was mo ving the pile of fines with a Bobcat front end loader when the fines broke loose and ran over him like water. He was hospitalized with burns.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 853
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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