Coal Mine Safety and Health: Report of Investigation. Preparation Plant, Fatal Electrical Accident, July 27, 2011. Mike Dover Corporation (LVQ) at Superior Processing Inc. Superior Cleaning Plant. ID. No. 46-03303

摘要

At approximately 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, Jason E. Stacey (Victim), a 40 year old superintendent for Mike Dover Corporation with 22 years experience, with 1 year and 26 days at this plant, was killed while performing welding procedures to join two 10 inch pipes together in the ceiling of a filter room of a preparation plant. The victim was electrocuted when he contacted an energized welding electrode. The accident occurred because the area where the welding was being conducted was confined to the point that the victim had to perform the welding procedure in a dangerous position. The area around where the welding was being conducted had been washed down, was wet, with inadequate lighting, and the temperature in the plant was abnormally hot. In addition, the welding electrode cable the victim was using prior to the accident was in poor condition.