Fatality · MSHA Record #219903020300

Electrician fatality at Copper Queen Branch (Freeport McMoRan Corporation), AZ, October 20, 1990

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On October 20, 1990, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Copper Queen Branch (Freeport McMoRan Corporation), AZ.

Copper Queen Branch · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Freeport McMoRan Corporation (Phelps Dodge Corp)

Cochise County, AZ

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED 2300 VOLT BARE CONDUCTOR & WAS ELECTROCUATED

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
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: 22 years
Experience at this mine: 22 years
Experience in this job: 12 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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