FIRE

Name: FIRE at Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
Start: 10/02/2001

220012950154 · 10/02/2001 · Northern Star (Pogo) LLC

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: FIRE
Accident type: Accident type, without injuries
Occupation: —
Activity: —
Injury source: —
Nature of injury: —
Body part: —
Days lost: —
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Teck Corp
Operator: Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
Mine: 5001642

Narrative

HEAT TRACE ON THE MINE WATER PIPES OVER HEATED AND IGNITED THE PLASTIC INSULATION WRAPPING. THE WRAPPING BURNED FOR APPROX 1000' THE MINE WAS EVACUATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, DAMAGE WAS LIMI TED TO THE PLASTIC WRAPPINGS.

Source

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