Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219851260073

Maintenance Man

April 29, 1985 at 3:30 PM
Wheelersburg Pit And Mill · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Scioto County, OH
Classification ELECTRICAL
Type Contact with electrical current
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN BOAT PRIMING WATER PUMP WHEN THE PUMP WAS ENERGIZED AND A FAULT OCCURRED.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
DREDGE
Accident type
Contact with electrical current
Source of injury
PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury
ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
14 years
Experience at this mine
14 years
Experience in this job
14 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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