Fatality · MSHA Record #219931020001

Electrician fatality at BARRICK MERCUR GOLD MINE (Barrick Resources (Usa) Inc), UT, April 5, 1993

at 10:30 AM

On April 5, 1993, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at BARRICK MERCUR GOLD MINE (Barrick Resources (Usa) Inc), UT.

BARRICK MERCUR GOLD MINE · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Barrick Resources (Usa) Inc (Barrick Gold Corp)

Tooele County, UT

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE TERMINAL BLOCK ON ANOTHER ENERGIZED CIRCUIT IN THE ELECTRICAL CABINET. THE CIRCUIT HE WAS WORKING ON WAS PROPERLY DE-ENERGIZED.

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
Experience at this mine: 4 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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