Contact with electrical current
Employee was working in a de-energized 4160 volt GFCI controller in an attempt to reverse the polarity of the wires when it somehow became energized.
Atlanta Sand and Supply Co IncOperator
Controlled by Melville A Jamison II; Jeff Avant
MSHA Operator ID: L30576
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 29
- Mines on record
- 2
- Period
- —
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Top causes
- ELECTRICAL1 fatality
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY9 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2023
2
2021
1
2020
2 (1f)
2019
1
2016
1 (1f)
2011
2
2008
2
2007
4
2006
7
2005
3
2001
2
2000
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedCaught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Wash plant operator was operating a front-end loader during the overnight shift as normal. EE exited the loader and entered the hopper filled with sand the EE had just dumped. EE was fatally injured when they were engulfed in the sand, as it vibrated to the bottom of the hopper. EE may have entered the hopper to try to retrieve two pieces of metal inadvertently dumped into hopper.