# IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
> MSHA accident `220071270082` · 04/22/2007 · Alex Energy, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Alex Energy, LLC
- **Mine:** [4606870](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4606870)
## Narrative

Contracting company M & W were drilling a hole into an abandoned mine for slurry ejection. While removing the drill steel from the hole, the drillers encountered methane and an ignition occurred. One driller sustained miner burns to his left arm.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*