Quality Control Technician, Laboratory Technician, Laboratory Assistant

Co-worker was in the process of shutting down the generators, to do maintenance to the power cables. At that time employee started to unguard the power cables on the switch van out of the vision of co-worker. He refused to have the power checked by two other co-workers. Moments later he was electrocuted.

Activity at time of incident

Electrical Maintenance

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Contact with electrical current

Source of injury

GENERATORS

Nature of injury

ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION

Total mining experience

3.5 years

Experience at this mine

0.9 years

Experience in this job

2.12 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY