IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at McElroy Coal Company
Start: 01/22/2003

Fatal · 220030290002 · 01/22/2003 · McElroy Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
Activity: Other, NEC
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.82 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: McElroy Coal Company
Mine: 4601437

Narrative

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

Source

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