Fatality · MSHA Record #220000760031

Electrician fatality at Hobet Prep Plant (Hobet Mining Inc), WV, March 2, 2000

at 10:30 AM

On March 2, 2000, an electrician was fatally injured in a slip or fall of person accident at Hobet Prep Plant (Hobet Mining Inc), WV.

Hobet Prep Plant · Facility · Coal

Operator: Hobet Mining Inc (Ashland Inc)

Contractor on site: 1FR

Boone County, WV

Classification SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Type Drowning

Investigator narrative

CONTRACTOR FELL THROUGH PUNCH PLATE DECKING INTO RAW COAL CLASSIFYING CYCLONE AND DROWN.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 23 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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