ELECTRICAL

Name: ELECTRICAL at Highland Mining Company
Start: 09/08/2017

220172560008 · 09/08/2017 · Highland Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: ELECTRICAL
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost: 243
Mine experience: 3.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Operator: Highland Mining Company
Mine: 4609204

Narrative

Employee was in the process of removing a cable from the J-box, and received an electrical shock to the right and left hands. Employee had pulled the disconnects on the pole and at the substation, and shunted the wires to remove any current.

Source

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