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ELECTRICAL

220102800004 · 09/24/2010 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
ELECTRICAL
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
Activity
Injury source
Nature of injury
Body part
Days lost
0
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Vulcan Materials Company
Operator
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Mine
1103190

Narrative

Lightning struck wooden power pole on mine property. Mine inactive at the time of incident. Mine supervisors present on property found the pole burning and notified MSHA. Not able to extinguish fire within the required time limit. Water truck available but power company not able to deenergize power lines for over one hour due to location of the property.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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