# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220161160004` · 04/18/2016 · Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
## 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:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4607938](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607938)
## Narrative

Employee was operating a Hitachi excavator (EX-0102) repairing access road berms when the excavator caught fire. EE was informed by a passerby, rock truck operator. The employee shut the excavator off and exited. The fire was extinguished approximately 25 minutes later. No injuries occurred due to the incident. MSHA was called in a timely manner. 

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*