Worker Killed From Methane Explosion
A 58-year-old coal miner died from injuries he sustained during an explosion of methane gas. He was working above ground at the time of the incident. The explosion took place underground, in a 753-foot-deep shaft. The victim was standing on expanded metal grating which covered the opening of the shaft. He and another employee were working to repair loose guarding on a pump that feeds down into the shaft. The second worker had just stepped off the grating to grab a tool when the incident occurred. He remembers hearing a noise, loud like a jet engine, coming from […]This content is for BHHC Safety Center policy holders.
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