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FIRE

220201920004 · 07/08/2020 · Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates

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 (parent)
Exelon Corporation; ACI (American Consumer Industries Inc)
Operator
Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates
Mine
4202093

Narrative

Employees doing maintenance cleaning ditches and culverts. The tumble weeds on were lit on fire, out of nowhere a wirly wind picked up one of the weeds and placed it on the old reject pile that had been reclaimed with straw. Some of the straw caught fire, a fire line was built using equipment and water trucks were used to extinguish the fire that lasted about 30 minutes.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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