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FIRE

220201960025 · 07/07/2020 · Colowyo Coal Company L P

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)
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn Inc
Operator
Colowyo Coal Company L P
Mine
0502962

Narrative

A fire was reported at around 7:45 am. The source of the fire was an old, abandoned underground mine fire. An ember from the old mine must have blown into the dry grass surrounding the hot area on the side of the hill. The fire was mostly contained and extinguished the next day. No one was injured and no mine equipment or structures were damaged by the fire.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown