Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver

October 4, 1983 at 8:45 AM

Chetopa #40 · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: O'Brien Rock Company Inc (O'Brien Eugene)

Labette County, KS

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

IT HAD RAINED EARLY IN MORNING & VICTIM WAS WET VICTIM WORKED AT CLEANUP AROUND PLANT & THEN WAS STANDING BESIDE PLANTS LIME MILL WATCHING LOADER PUT SPILLED AGRICULTURAL LIME IN TRUCK HE REA HED UP & GRABBED RUNG OF LADDER GOING UP LIME MILL & COULD NOT LET GO FELLOW EMPLOYEE PULLED HIM LOOSE VICTIM GOT UP FROM GROUND & SAID HE WAS ALRIGHT BUT FELL BACK DOWN HE DIED LATER IN HOS

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Clean Up - Ug Only
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219832840294 · Mine ID 1400139 Trainer view →