Electrician

July 15, 1987 at 7:50 PM

Virginia Pocahontas 1 · Underground · Coal

Operator: Island Creek Coal Company (Occidental Petroleum Corp)

Contractor on site: A46

Buchanan County, VA

Classification IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Type Contact with hot objects or substances

Investigator narrative

UTHE FIELD ERECTION CREW WAS CLEANING ENDS OF WIRE ROPE IN PREPARATION FOR APPLYING WIRE ROPE SOCKETS THE CLEANING AGENT WAS GASOLINE. THE GASLINE IGNITED AND COVERED THE UPPER PART OF I NAME S BODY APPROX. 60% OF I NAME UPPER BODY RECEIVED THIRD DEGREE BURNS.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Working With Solvents
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of injury: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 5 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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