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Case study · MSHA Record #220060370028
Roof Bolter fatality
January 19, 2006 at 5:36 PM
Aracoma Alma Mine #1
· Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
· Logan County, WV
Investigator narrative
Employee, member of 002 section crew, was evacuating the mine. He became separated from his crew and did not survive mine fire.
Record details
- Classification
- FIRE
- Accident type
- Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- Activity at time
- Escaping A Hazard
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4 years
- Experience in this job
- 4 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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