# ELECTRICAL
> MSHA accident `220171300010` · 05/07/2017 · HC Whitehall LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** ELECTRICAL
- **Accident type:** Contact with electrical current
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Electrical maintenance
- **Injury source:** ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 1.96 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Hi-Crush Inc
- **Operator:** HC Whitehall LLC
- **Mine:** [4703705](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4703705)
## Narrative

The injured miner was assisting an electrician in checking extension cables leading to a stacker.  The power circuit being tested was not de-energized before the work was done.  When a plug-in was connected the injured miner holding a test wire received an electrical shock and arc flash burns.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*