# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220011210011` · 04/27/2001 · Heritage Coal 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:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Heritage Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1511012](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/1511012)
## Narrative

EE 3RD SHIFT PLANT MECH. WAS CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH IN A VESSEL ON THE 3RD FLOOR. TWO RUBBER MIXING LINES WERE BESIDE WHERE CUTTING WAS TAKING PLACE. A SMALL FIRE STARTED ON THE RUBBER MIX ING LINE AND EE GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISH TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AT THIS TIME AN IGNITION OCCURRED INT HE MIXING LINE ACETYLENE OR UNKNOWN GAS. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THERE WAS NO INJURIES

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*