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220202530008 · 09/05/2020 · Decker Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
ELECTRICAL
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
Activity
Injury source
Nature of injury
Body part
Days lost
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Lighthouse Resources Inc
Operator
Decker Coal Company
Mine
2400839

Narrative

Due to high winds and extremely dry range conditions, a broken insulator and associated wind slap arc on the West Decker main feed 345Kv power line initiated an approximately 500 acre grass fire. Decker Mine personnel along with local fire fighting resources brought the fire under control at 5:30 PM.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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