Fatality · MSHA Record #219910670094

Prep Plant Foreman fatality at Mountain Cement Company (Mountain Cement Company LLC), WY, March 1, 1991

at 2:55 PM

On March 1, 1991, a prep plant foreman was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Mountain Cement Company (Mountain Cement Company LLC), WY.

Mountain Cement Company · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Mountain Cement Company LLC (Eagle Materials Inc)

Albany County, WY

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

VICTIM & ANOTHER EMPL WERE TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEMS WITH ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR. VICTIM ENTERED HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTION BOX WITHOUT PROPERLY DE-ENERGIZING & LOCKING OUT POWER SOURCE. VIC TIM CAME IN CONTACT WITH 30,000 TO 50,000 VOLTS OF D.C. CURRENT.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
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: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 3 years
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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