ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at Southern Ohio Coal Company
Start: 10/04/2001

220012950078 · 10/04/2001 · Southern Ohio Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Flash burns (electric)
Occupation: Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 16
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Southern Ohio Coal Company
Mine: 3301172

Narrative

EE WAS REACHING IN THE DECK OF A BATTERY CAR TO GET A SAFETY CHAIN THAT WAS TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE BATTERY CAR AND A 15 TON MOTOR. IN DOING SO HE CONTACTED A CABLE THAT WAS PART OF THE WI RING CIRCUIT FOR AN EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON ON THAT BATTERY CAR. IT APPEARS THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A BARE PLACE IN THAT CABLE, AND WHEN HE CONTACTED THAT CABLE HE PUSHED IT AGAINST THE METAL FRAM

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown