Outside Foreman fatality at Hamilton Strip (Al Hamilton Contracting Company Inc), PA, July 7, 1994

at 3:45 PM

On July 7, 1994, an outside foreman was fatally injured at Hamilton Strip (Al Hamilton Contracting Company Inc), PA.

Hamilton Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: Al Hamilton Contracting Company Inc (C Alan Walker)

Clearfield County, PA

Classification OTHER

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

HE WAS WALKING FROM A HAUL ROAD, IN A WHEAT FIELD, TOWARD A D-3 DOZER. HE WAS ABOUT 30 FEET FROMTHE THE DOZER WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK IN THE VICINITY (NOT KNOWN WHERE IT ACTUALLY STRUCK) CAUSING FATAL CARDIAC ARHYTHMIA, DUE TO ELECTRIC SHOCK, DUE TO THE LIGHTNING.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Walking, Running
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: MISCELLANEOUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 38 years
Experience at this mine: 27 years
Experience in this job: 20 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219942000001 · Mine ID 3602715 Trainer view →