Fatality · MSHA Record #219892680001
Electrician fatality at Black Mesa Mine (Peabody Western Coal Company), AZ, September 13, 1989
at 3:30 PM
On September 13, 1989, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Black Mesa Mine (Peabody Western Coal Company), AZ.
Operator:
Peabody Western Coal Company
(Hanson PLC)
Navajo County, AZ
Classification
ELECTRICAL
Type
Contact with electrical current
Investigator narrative
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEN THEINJURED OPEN THE DOOR TO RABBIT BOX #13 TO 191 SHOVEL TO UNHOOK CABLE, POWER DROPPED OFF OF THE 7400 DRAGLINE. REGENERATING POWER FOR 7400 FED BACK THE CABLE TO OCB , BACK THROUGH 191 CABLE TO RABBIT BOX #13. AT THIS POINT IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE INJURED STATED TO UNHOOK CABLE, POSSIBLY FELL INTO THE BOX COMING INTO CONTACT WITH MIDDLE BUSS BAR.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Electrical Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- 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
- 19 years
- Experience at this mine
- 19 years
- Experience in this job
- 17 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219892680001 · Mine ID 0200533
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