FIRE

Name: FIRE at Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC
Start: 07/16/2023

220231990010 · 07/16/2023 · Navajo Transitional Energy 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 (parent): Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC
Operator: Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC
Mine: 2401457

Narrative

CV07 suffered a tear in the splicing with coal loaded on the belt. The head pulley created enough heat friction with the belt not moving to start the belt on fire. Fire was not fully extinguished in under 30 minutes.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown