Laborer fatality at STONECOAL (Vantage Mining Company), WV, March 18, 1985

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On March 18, 1985, a laborer was fatally injured in an electrical accident at STONECOAL (Vantage Mining Company), WV.

STONECOAL · Underground · Coal

Operator: Vantage Mining Company (Pittston Company)

Wayne County, WV

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

INDIVIDUAL CONTACTED ELECTRICAL CURRENT WHEN HE REMOVED A COVER FROM A LINE SPLITTER SPREADER HE WAS FOUND WITH HIS HANDS INSIDE THE BOX APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO TURN A FUSE

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
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: 15 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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