IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Elk Run Coal Co.
Start: 02/01/2006

Fatal · 220060380027 · 02/01/2006 · Elk Run Coal Co.

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 4.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Elk Run Coal Co.
Mine: 4607938

Narrative

EE was cropping the clarion level when for unknown reasons he traveled to the top of the ridge and inadvertently contacted a low pressure high volume 16 inch gas line.

Source

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