Fatality · MSHA Record #219840050004

Electrician fatality at Viburnum #28 Mine/Mill (Doe Run Company), MO, December 22, 1983

at 9:10 AM

On December 22, 1983, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Viburnum #28 Mine/Mill (Doe Run Company), MO.

Viburnum #28 Mine/Mill · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Doe Run Company (Fluor Corp)

Iron County, MO

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

WHILE MAKING HOIST REPAIRS MAIN POWER CONTACTOR WAS OPENED AND ROLLED OUT ON TO FLOOR TO CHANGE COIL APPARENTLY OPERATING LINKAGE HAD STUCK NOT ALLOWING MECHANISM TO OPEN ALL THE WAY TO THE LATCHED POSITION AND WHEN CONTACTOR WAS PUSHED BACK IN IT OPERATED THE SWITCH LINKAGE IN REVERSE PULLING CONTACTOR IN TO HOT BUSS CAUSING FATALITY

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
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: 9 years
Experience at this mine: 9 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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