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Williams Electric Co contractor

Coal
MSHA contractor ID: N47
Safety record
2
Fatalities
22
Citations
170,236
Employee-hours (2000+)
ⓘ Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.
11.75
Fatalities / million hrs
129.2 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • ELECTRICAL 2 fatalities
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2008
1
2005
1
2004
1 (1f)
2000
1 (1f)

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
August 29, 2004 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Hobet Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

EE was making electrical repairs to the load side loop on a deenergized pole mounted solid blade disconnect switch. He had finished the repair work and was starting to come down the pole. Some how he received an electrical shock and fell down the pole.

February 18, 2000 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Day Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE ENTERED SUBSTATION TO DETERMINE WHAT WORK WILL BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE TRANSFORMER. HE CLIMBED THE TRANSFORMER TO LOOK AT TOP WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LINE.