Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219960080011

Warehouseman

December 8, 1995 at 11:00 AM
Clifton Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Passaic County, NJ
Classification ELECTRICAL
Type Contact with electrical current
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER ON THE WALKWAY OUTSIDE OF THE CRUSHER CONTROL BOOTH. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER S REPORT INDICATED THAT THE VICTIM HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. AN EE WHO WENT TO ASSIST H IM ALSO RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. THE SPECIFIC SOURCE OF THE ACCIDENT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
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
10 years
Experience at this mine
10 years
Experience in this job
10 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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