ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at The Ohio County Coal Company
Start: 08/03/2017

220172260026 · 08/03/2017 · The Ohio County Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Flash burns (electric)
Occupation: Laborer, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 14
Mine experience: 8 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: The Ohio County Coal Company
Mine: 4601436

Narrative

EE was operating the 33 loco when it stopped tramming EE was looking for air leak when found that the reverser wasn't working EE tried to move it manually with a wedge when EE hit a wire off causing an arc resulting in burns on EE's hand. Cause of injury was awareness. Compliance with rules/regs, PPE, mining equip/systems not a factor. Miner proficiency may be a factor

Source

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