Fatality · MSHA Record #220082400040

Electrician Helper

Name: Electrician Helper fatality at RAY MINE
Start: 2008-08-15
Location: RAY MINE

August 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM

RAY MINE · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal

Operator: Asarco LLC (Grupo Mexico S A B de C V)

Gila County, AZ

ClassificationELECTRICAL

TypeContact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

Employee (electrician apprentice) and a co-worker (journeyman electrician) were working on a light fixture of the SX upper tailings booster when he came in contact with energized 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
Total mining experience: 14 years
Experience at this mine: 14 years
Experience in this job: 1.38 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220082400040 · Mine ID 0200150Trainer view →