Fatality · MSHA Record #219913500001

Electrician fatality at Dry Branch Mine (Dry Branch Kaolin Company), GA, December 11, 1991

at 9:45 AM

On December 11, 1991, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Dry Branch Mine (Dry Branch Kaolin Company), GA.

Dry Branch Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Dry Branch Kaolin Company (Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB))

Contractor on site: IEC

Twiggs County, GA

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A BUCKET TRUCK MAKING CONNECTIONS ON SWITCH AND LIGHTENING ARRESTER TO HIGH VOLTAGE LINE WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN PREVIO USLY ENERGIZED WITH 7200 VOLTS.

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: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 22 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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