Fatality · MSHA Record #220112150040

Superintendent fatality at Superior Cleaning Plant (Superior Processing, Inc.), WV, July 27, 2011

at 8:40 PM

On July 27, 2011, a superintendent was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Superior Cleaning Plant (Superior Processing, Inc.), WV.

Superior Cleaning Plant · Facility · Coal

Operator: Superior Processing, Inc. (Edward A Asbury)

Contractor on site: LVQ

Mcdowell County, WV

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

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Investigator narrative

Employee was welding two pipes together at an elevated location when an apparent electrocution happened. He was working in a confined location and was probably wet with sweat.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: MACHINE,(Not Elsewhere Classified)-WELDR,OFC MAC
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 22 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 22 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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