WHILE APPARENTLY PERFORMING A REGULAR, ROUTINE EXAMINATION AND/OR TESTING OF A 7200-V HUBBELL-ENSIGN DISCONNECT, THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
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- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 108 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 54 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 160 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 158 non-fatal
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Mines on record
- Dutch Creek CO
- Coal Creek Prep Plant CO
- Dutch Creek No 2 CO
- L S Wood CO
Fatalities under this controller
4 recordedANTI-SPALLING SHIELD ON NO 2 LONGWALL FACE-SHIELD INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED CAUSING ANTI-SPALLING SHIELD TO PIN DECEDENTS HEAD BETWEEN IT & THE BRETBY CABLE TRAY OF THE LONGWALL PAN LINE
WHILE CARRYING 4ATERIALS BACK TO HIS SECTION EE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN & SHORTNESS OF BREATH. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO T HE HOSPITAL & ADMITTED FOR I/C. HE WAS DIAGNOSED LATER AS HAVING SUFFER ED A MYOCARDIAL3INFARTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS FO6ND WEDGED AGAINST CONVEYOR AND TRAPPED AGAINST BEAM ABOUT 2 HRS AFTER HE WAS DROPPED OFF HE WAS FOUND WITHOUT SIGNS OF LIFE AT 8 AM HIS PLAN HAD BEEN TO WALK THE BELT AND MEET AT THE PLANT B2 7 PM HE DIED OF MULTIPLE INJURIES AS DESCRIBED