Electrician

January 19, 1990 at 3:00 AM

Dutch Creek · Underground · Coal

Operator: Mid-Continent Resources Inc (Mid-Continent Minerals Corp)

Pitkin County, CO

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

WHILE APPARENTLY PERFORMING A REGULAR, ROUTINE EXAMINATION AND/OR TESTING OF A 7200-V HUBBELL-ENSIGN DISCONNECT, THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

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: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 11 years
Experience at this mine: 11 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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