Fatality · MSHA Record #220120860055

Electrician fatality at Shoal Creek Mine (Drummond Company Inc), AL, March 23, 2012

at 9:30 PM

On March 23, 2012, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Shoal Creek Mine (Drummond Company Inc), AL.

Shoal Creek Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Drummond Company Inc

Walker County, AL

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

Electrician was performing work on a shuttle car cable reel on the West Main Left section when his received a fatal electrical shock. The electrician came in contact with the exposed 995 volt energized cable leads in the cable reel compartment.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: VERTICAL SHAFT
Mining method: Longwall
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 3 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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