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FIRE

220073170033 · 11/07/2007 · Pine Ridge Coal Company 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
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator
Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
Mine
4607908

Narrative

The apparent failure of a tail roller bearing resulted in the misalignment of the No.6 belt conveyor and caused belt conveyor material to wrap around the shaft of the tail roller. This caused a belt fire accident at the tail roller of No. 6 belt conveyor in the draw-off tunnel on the surface.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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