Electrician

September 7, 1983 at 5:15 PM

No 2 Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: A & R Coal Corp (Timmy Ratliff et al)

Contractor on site: RI6

Pike County, KY

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

TROUBLESHOOTING-REPAIR WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED ON SURFACE ELCTRICAL SUBSTATION (POWER WAS DE-ENERGIZED TO LOW VOLTAGE CONTROL CIRCUIT ON WHICH ACTUAL WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED). EMPLOYEE WAS U NDER NO DIRECT WORK ASSIGNMENT AT THE TIME, BUT FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON (SPECULATED HE WAS RETRIEVING A DROPPED POCKET KNIFE) HE STEPPED INSIDE THE SUBSTATION AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGI

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Walking, Running
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: TRANSFORMERS,CONVERTERS
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 8 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 8 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219832640026 · Mine ID 1512384 Trainer view →