Fatality · MSHA Record #220030290003
Driller Operator fatality at MARSHALL COUNTY MINE (McElroy Coal Company), WV, January 22, 2003
at 1:00 AM
On January 22, 2003, a driller operator was fatally injured in an ignition or explosion of gas or dust accident at MARSHALL COUNTY MINE (McElroy Coal Company), WV.
Classification
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Investigator narrative
AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Other, Nec
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- VERTICAL SHAFT
- Accident type
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Source of injury
- FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220030290003 · Mine ID 4601437
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