Electrician fatality

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July 10, 1991 at 12:45 PM

Continental Mine · Montana Resources, LLC · Silver Bow County, MT

Investigator narrative

THE EMPLOYEE, AN ELECTRICIAN, WAS CALLED TO THE MINE TO REPOWER 793 DRILL FROM THE "IRON HORSE" 4160 VOLT POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER BY THE MINE FOREMAN. #4 CUBICLE WOULD NOT "RACK IN" THUS POW ER WAS TO BE CONNECTED FROM #1 CUBICLE. #1 HAD A BLOWN FUSE THUS THE VICTIM ELECTED TO PULL A FUSE FROM #4 TO IN #1. RETURNING TO #4, THE VICTIM OPENED THE DOOR AND GRABBED FOR A FUSE. THE FU

Record details

Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Activity at time: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 28 years
Experience at this mine: 5 years
Experience in this job: 20 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Non-Metal

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