FIRE

Name: FIRE at Peabody Powder River Mining LLC
Start: 10/25/2010

220103000034 · 10/25/2010 · Peabody Powder River Mining 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: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Powder River Mining LLC
Mine: 4801353

Narrative

At an inactive area of the mine, waste coal spontaneously combusted near discarded haul truck tires causing the tires to catch on fire. The wind was blowing at 40 MPH. The fire was extinguished at 10:36 AM.

Source

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