MSHA record for Lowber (mine ID 3607264). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPL SLIPPED ON WET CONVEYOR BELT FELL ON HIS BACK.
ELECTRICIAN CALLED FROM HOME TO RESPOND TO CONTINUING FRUSTRATING PROBLEM IT APPEARS THAT INCORRECT APPLICATION OF TESTING DEVICE OR LESS PROBABLE CIRCUIT BREAKER INTERNAL BREAKDOWN TO BE ANAL YZED BY MANUFACTURER STARTED A PHASE TO PHASE ARC WHICH THREN BUILT TO INTENSE HEAT BEFORE EMPLOYEE THREW MAIN DISCONNECT SERIOUSLY BURNED ON HANDS ARMS CHEST AND FACE THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL
INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING NEXT TO ELECTRICIAN OUT OF CURIOUSITY ACCIDENTAL FLASHOVER OCCURRED APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN STARTED BY ERROR IN CONVERTING METER AND ALLOWED TO GROW DUE TO FUESE INSTEAD O F CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE MAIN DISCONNECT AND AN EARTH LEAK DETECTOR DISCONNECTED DUE TO NUISANCE TRIPPING THE INDIVIDUAL WAS SERIOULSLY BURNED BY THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE FLASHOVER
PERSON WAS STNAIDNG LOOKING OVER ELECTRICIANS SHOULDER AND HOLDING A FLASHLIGHT WHEN A LARGE ELECTRICAL ARC OCCURRED THE INTENSE HEAT FROM THE PLASH OVER SEVERLKY BURNED THIS INDIVIDUAL THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL SHOCK