ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at Ohio American Energy Incorporated
Start: 07/15/2013

220132050008 · 07/15/2013 · Ohio American Energy Incorporated

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECTRIC BURN-CNTACT BURN
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.71 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: Ohio American Energy Incorporated
Mine: 3304550

Narrative

Employee was attempting to splice a miner car cable. The cables were twisted and not easily identified, he cut the wrong cable that was energized. Cause of injury wasn't identifying the proper cable that was locked out and tagged. Compliance with company rules was a factor, miner proficiency may be a factor, PPE was a factor, and mining practices/systems could be a factor.

Source

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