Fatality · MSHA Record #219855550008
Laborer
December 11, 1985
at 2:30 PM
Operator:
M S W Coal Company
(Wolfgang Gene)
Schuylkill County, PA
Classification
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Type
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Investigator narrative
THREE LONG HOLE2 50FT, 25 FT AND 18 FT DEEP WERE LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVE. THE HOLES WERE DRILLED OFF THE SLANT CHUTE IN THE NO. 9 BREAST. A LARGE BOULDER WAS BLOCKING THE SLANT AT THE FIRST MINE HEADING. THIS 6OULDER WAS MUDCAPPED, WITH LOOSE COAL. LONG HOLES AND MUDCAP WERE FIRED IN ONE SERIES. INJURED VICTIM STATE THEY DID NOT TEST FOR METHANE BEFORE FIRING. WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIR
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Blasting, Shoot Coal
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
- Accident type
- Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- Source of injury
- METHANE GAS-IN MNE & PROC
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219855550008 · Mine ID 3606279
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