IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Name: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST at Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
Start: 03/31/2015

220151050013 · 03/31/2015 · Pinnacle Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type: Accident type, without injuries
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Activity: —
Injury source: —
Nature of injury: —
Body part: —
Days lost: —
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Operator: Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
Mine: 4601816

Narrative

Continuous miner cut into a degas hole that was in the top instead of in the coal seam. The sparks from the miner bits cutting the rock caused an ignition of a pocket of gas in the degas hole.

Source

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