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FIRE

220103560032 · 12/12/2010 · American Colloid Company

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)
Amcol International Corp
Operator
American Colloid Company
Mine
3200459

Narrative

Contractors on site to remove unused equipment, were cutting iron with torches to remove entrance to building. Contractors inspected area an hour after cutting for embers, saw none and left the area at roughly 5 pm. Our employees noticed fire at 10:45 pm and called the VFD and me. VFD arrived at roughly 11 pm and contained fire to Old MCC room and extinguished.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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