Fatality · MSHA Record #219833250085

Tipple/Top Lander/Skip Dumper Operator fatality at Flaggy Meadow Mine (Mohigan Mining Company Inc), WV, October 19, 1983

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On October 19, 1983, a tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Flaggy Meadow Mine (Mohigan Mining Company Inc), WV.

Flaggy Meadow Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Mohigan Mining Company Inc (Hardesty John R Jr & John P Boyle)

Monongalia County, WV

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

VICTIM WAS ELECTROCUTED IN AN AREA WHERE HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE AFTER HAVING ENTERED THRU A WINDOW DOOR PADLOCKED. VICTIM WAS APPARNETLY ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER AN UNUSED PIECE OF HIGH VO LTAGE CABLE & AFTER CLIMBING TO THE CEILING OF THE BUILDING, FELL & CONTACTED ENERGIZED 4160V BUZZ BAR.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
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: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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