Accident type, without injuries
EMPLOYEE WAS COMPLETING A METAL FORM WHICH WAS TO BE FILLED WITH CONCRETE TO SEAL AN AIR SHAFT. WHILE WELDING A SPARK IGNITED METHANE IN THE SHAFT. EMPLOYEE WAS UNINJURED. OPERATOR IS FILING T HIS AS AN IGNITION ONLY.
Mine No 1Coal
Eagle Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Van, Boone County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607711
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Mar 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2000 · 2 incidents
Contact with hot objects or substances
DURING CLOSURE OF MINE, EE WAS WELDING CAP ON DEWATERING SHAFT. A METHANE IGNITION OCCURRED, THROWING BOTH EE'S AWAY FROM SHAFT. EE WAS THROWN INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND COULD NOT ESCAPE THE HEAT. (OTHER EE WAS THROWN CLEAR.) METHANE TESTIING WAS PERFORMED.