FIRE

Name: FIRE at BHP Navajo Coal Company
Start: 11/08/2013

220133360021 · 11/08/2013 · BHP Navajo Coal 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): BHP Billiton
Operator: BHP Navajo Coal Company
Mine: 2900097

Narrative

Yazzie pit has been inactive for a couple of years. Some coal seams are expose to ambient temperature and environment. With recent monsoon rain a spontaneous combustion occurred on 8 seam coal.

Source

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