ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at Mingo Logan Coal Company
Start: 06/02/2006

220061700084 · 06/02/2006 · Mingo Logan Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Flash burns (electric)
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Resources Inc
Operator: Mingo Logan Coal Company
Mine: 4608730

Narrative

Employee was removing the terminal end for a locomotive battery. The negative lead was cut and layed to the side. As the employee cut the positive lead, the negative lead came into contact with the wire cutters resulting in an arc.

Source

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