Fatality · MSHA Record #219881580001

Electrician fatality at Clear Fork Underground Mine (Island Creek Coal Company), WV, May 25, 1988

at 10:38 AM

On May 25, 1988, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Clear Fork Underground Mine (Island Creek Coal Company), WV.

Clear Fork Underground Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Island Creek Coal Company (Occidental Petroleum Corp)

Nicholas County, WV

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

I.NAME ELECTRICIAN PUMPER WAS W ORKING ON SPLICE IN A #10-4 COND.PUMP CABLE WHEN HE APPARENTLY MADE CONTACT PHASE TO PHASE WITH THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 25 years
Experience at this mine: 24 years
Experience in this job: 14 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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