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IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

220110260020 · 01/13/2011 · Warrior Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
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Activity
—
Injury source
—
Nature of injury
—
Body part
—
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Warrior Coal LLC
Mine
1517216

Narrative

While drilling in a field, off mine property, a pocket of natural gas was encounterd and ignited. The fire burned for 30 hours. This 7000-1 is being submitted in protest of citation 8503166 and MSHA's jurisdiction in this matter due to the drilling was off mine property.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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