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Case study · MSHA Record #219832640026
Electrician fatality
September 7, 1983 at 5:15 PM
No 2 Mine
· A & R Coal Corp
· Pike County, KY
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
- Classification
- ELECTRICAL
- Accident type
- Contact with electrical current
- Activity at time
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- 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
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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