ENTRAPMENT

Name: ENTRAPMENT at Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
Start: 05/09/2009

220091400031 · 05/09/2009 · Brooks Run South Mining, LLC

Details

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

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
Mine: 4608730

Narrative

Due to abnormal amounts of rainfall an inintentional inundation occurred causing water to collect from crosscut #2 to crosscut #11, in all entries, on the South Mains, resulting in the inability of 7 men to exit the mine.

Source

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