MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Independence Coal Company Inc
Start: 08/27/2006

220062560041 · 08/27/2006 · Independence Coal Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Accident type, without injuries
Occupation: —
Activity: —
Injury source: —
Nature of injury: —
Body part: —
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Independence Coal Company Inc
Mine: 4603755

Narrative

While pushing refuse into the impoundment, the dozer operator went about 5 feet beyond the edge of the water, causing the embankment to fail resulting in the dozer being engulfed in the fine wet materials.

Source

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