Fatality · MSHA Record #220072670022

Electrician fatality at Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc, AZ, September 14, 2007

at 12:15 PM

On September 14, 2007, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc, AZ.

Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc (Freeport-McMoRan Inc)

Contractor on site: 1PL

Graham County, AZ

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

An electrician that was trouble shooting an installation was electrocuted by a single leg of a 3 phase 4160 volt service.

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: 10 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 20 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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