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ELECTRICAL

220032460010 · 08/21/2003 · Jewett Mine LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
ELECTRICAL
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
Activity
Injury source
Nature of injury
Body part
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator
Jewett Mine LLC
Mine
4103164

Narrative

JEWETT MINE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ELECTRICAL STORMWHEN THE ELECTRIC POWER WAS INTERRUPTED. NAVASOTA VALLEY ELECTRIC COOP. CONTRACTED TO RESTORE THE ELECTRIC POWER. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL TO THE MINE THEY FOUND A GRASS FIRE IN AREA B WHERE THE ELECRIC POWER HAD FAILED. THEY FOUND A WIRE LUG HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND SHORTED OUT, POSSIBLY PIECES OFTHE LUG FELL TO THE GROUND A WIRE LUG HAD BEEN

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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