Fatality · MSHA Record #219992000001

Electrician fatality at Preparation Plant (D-Mac Enterprises Inc), KY, July 5, 1999

at 10:50 AM

On July 5, 1999, an electrician was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Preparation Plant (D-Mac Enterprises Inc), KY.

Preparation Plant · Facility · Coal

Operator: D-Mac Enterprises Inc (Steven Fain)

Pike County, KY

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING MOUNTING BOLTS ON A GOB SWITCH WHEN ELECTROCUTION OCCURRED.

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
Total mining experience: 26 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 23 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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