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Electrician, Lineman fatality
September 14, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc · Graham County, AZ
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
- Classification
- ELECTRICAL
- Accident type
- Contact with electrical current
- Activity at time
- Electrical Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
- Nature of injury
- ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
- Total mining experience
- 10 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0.77 years
- Experience in this job
- 20 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Nonmetal
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