Maintenance Man fatality at Mathel Mine (Brownies Creek Collieries Inc), KY, April 1, 1983

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On April 1, 1983, a maintenance man was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Mathel Mine (Brownies Creek Collieries Inc), KY.

Mathel Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Brownies Creek Collieries Inc (Cyprus Amax Minerals Company)

Contractor on site: BM0

Bell County, KY

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

OPERATING DRILL BY RAISING MAST TO ACCOMMODATEFOR REPAIRS TO LEAKING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LOCATED IN MAST.MAST WAS IN 80 DEG. RAISE POSITION WHEN BODY FOUND.ONE LINE WAS BROKEN AND LIE ON GROUND ONE TELEPHONE LINE STILL IN CONTACT WITH MAST.VICTIM WAS (HAD BEEN) STANDING ON GROUND AND OPERATING CONTROLS.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Experience in this job: 8 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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