Fatality · MSHA Record #220203300010

Maintenance Man fatality at Houston Plant (Excalibar Minerals LLC), TX, November 23, 2020

at 1:13 PM

On November 23, 2020, a maintenance man was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Houston Plant (Excalibar Minerals LLC), TX.

Houston Plant · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Excalibar Minerals LLC (Newpark Resources Inc)

Harris County, TX

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

Contributing Factors: (1)Energized equipment. (2)EE failure to follow company LO/TO procedures. (3)Outer wire jacket showed signs of heating & cooling. (4)EE grabbed the live "C" phase wire.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
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: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220203300010 · Mine ID 4104449 Trainer view →