Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Fatal Shaft Sinking Explosion, January 22, 2003. McElroy Mine, McElroy Coal Company (Subsidiary of CONSOL Energy Incorporated), Cameron, Marshall County, West Virginia, ID No. 46-01437.

摘要

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on Janauary 22, 2003, an explosion occurred inside the McElroy Mine, 5 South No. 2 Airshaft being constructed by Central Cambria Drilling Company for McElroy Coal Company, a subsidiary of CONSOL Energy Incorporated. Six miners were inside the shaft at the time of the explosion. The explosion fatally injured three miners and seriously injured three others. Appendix A is a list of miners on site at the time of explosion. The explosion also damaged equipment on the work platform and placed dust into suspension.