Fatality · MSHA Record #219931550001

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Virginia Pocahontas 6 (Garden Creek Pocahontas Company), VA, April 9, 1993

at 11:15 AM

On April 9, 1993, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Virginia Pocahontas 6 (Garden Creek Pocahontas Company), VA.

Virginia Pocahontas 6 · Underground · Coal

Operator: Garden Creek Pocahontas Company (Occidental Petroleum Corp)

Contractor on site: PNB

Buchanan County, VA

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

WORKING AT VENTILATION WELL 192-B, EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE RIG UP OF WIRELINE SERVICE EQUIPMENT TO PERFORM PLUGGING OPERATIONS ON THE WELL. THE POWER LINES OVER HEAD WERE REPEATEDLY SAID TO HAVE BEEN DEENERGIZED BY ISLAND CREEK PERSONEL ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT WHEN RAISING THE PORTABLE MAST ABOVE THE WELL HEAD, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH ONE POWER LINE THAT WAS STILL ENERGIZED.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Surface Equipment, Nec
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
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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