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EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

220010450030 · 02/04/2001 · Bledsoe Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Welding or cutting
Injury source
FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury
BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
40
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
James River Coal Company
Operator
Bledsoe Coal Corporation
Mine
1511835

Narrative

INJURED WAS USING OXY/ACT TORCH TO CUT MATERIAL. OXYGEN HOSE FAILED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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