Mining Incidents

Paymaster Metal/Non-Metal

Jesse R Wilson · Underground
Controlled by Wilson Jesse R
Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601493

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 30, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Jesse R Wilson · Contact with electrical current

VICTIM WAS APPARENTLY TIGHTENING NUTS ON A NEW CYCLE METER ON A RUNNING ELECTRICAL GENERATOR. HIS OTHER HAND CONTACTED THE METAL FRAME OF THE GENERATOR MAKING A CURRENT PATH THROUGH HIS BODY SULTING IN ELECTROCUTION. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. ABOVE INFORMATION GLEANED FROM BODY POSITION PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ON THE GENERATOR & HURNS ON HANDS.

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