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INUNDATION

220231170019 · 04/17/2023 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
INUNDATION
Accident type
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Continuous miner
Injury source
NOXIOUS MINE GASES,NEC
Nature of injury
POISONING,SYSTEMIC
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost
17
Mine experience
29.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
Mine
4609028

Narrative

An unplanned inundation occurred when the continuous mining machine intersected abandoned mine workings. Employee was found unconscious outby the tail boom of the continuous miner.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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