EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Tug Valley Coal Processing Company
Start: 12/27/2000

Fatal · 220010100018 · 12/27/2000 · Tug Valley Coal Processing Company

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 26 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator: Tug Valley Coal Processing Company
Mine: 4605890

Narrative

EE WAS STANDING BESIDE A 8"" FROZEN SLURRY LINE. HE WAS CHIPPING ICE WHICH EXITED THE PIPE & LODGED AGAINST HILLSIDE. HE WOULD CHIP A PIECE OUT &ANOTHER WOULD COME OUT & GET LODGED. HE DID THIS ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES WHEN PRESSURE OR SOMETHING CAUSED THE PIPE TO MOVE POSSIBLY STRIKING HIM. THE PIPE RAISED UP AND LANDED ABOUT 80' UP THE HILL.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown