EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Name: EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS at National Coal of Alabama Inc
Start: 01/11/2012

220120240001 · 01/11/2012 · National Coal of Alabama Inc

Details

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

Operator

Controller (parent): TCW Energy Fund XIV-A, L.P.
Operator: National Coal of Alabama Inc
Mine: 0103321

Narrative

While loading blasting agent onto the blast hole the blasting agent caught fire, detonated and caused the detonation of additional primers that had been placed around the blast hole area. Fire was caused by Blaster smoking near blast hole. See attached MSHA Citation #8521062.

Source

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