Fatality · MSHA Record #220201990014

Superintendent fatality at Hudson Sand Mine (Atlanta Sand and Supply Co.), GA, July 9, 2020

at 8:58 AM

On July 9, 2020, a superintendent was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Hudson Sand Mine (Atlanta Sand and Supply Co.), GA.

Hudson Sand Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Atlanta Sand and Supply Co. (Melville A Jamison II; Jeff Avant)

Peach County, GA

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

Employee was working in a de-energized 4160 volt GFCI controller in an attempt to reverse the polarity of the wires when it somehow became energized.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: DREDGE
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 36 years
Experience at this mine: 36 years
Experience in this job: 6 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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