Fatality · MSHA Record #220161180026
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store Keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning Plant Operator
April 9, 2016 at 2:03 PM
Operator: Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc (Freeport-McMoRan Inc)
Graham County, AZ
ClassificationELECTRICAL
TypeContact with electrical current
Investigator narrative
Employee went to prime the diaphragm pump located outside the stripping machine building, adjacent to the hydraulic room. Eight minutes pass where EE is unaccounted for prior to being found unresponsive, kneeling in liquid, face against the stainless steel flange of the tank house return HDPE line.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Mill Equipment
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Contact with electrical current
- Source of injury
- ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
- Total mining experience
- 4.88 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4.88 years
- Experience in this job
- 4.21 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220161180026 · Mine ID 0203131Trainer view →