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FIRE

220121800024 · 05/17/2012 · Black Hills Energy

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)
Black Hills Corp
Operator
Black Hills Energy
Mine
4800083

Narrative

A planned detonation in the slot barn produced a fire ball; which in turn resulted in a grass fire. The grass fire was extinguished within 15 minutes. Due to the nature of this event and its unknowns, MSHA was notified.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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