Drilling & Blasting Systems Inc contractor

Metal / nonmetal

MSHA contractor ID: C5A

Safety record

1
Fatalities: 154
Citations: 668,341
Employee-hours (2000+) ⓘ Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.: 0.00
Fatalities / million hrs

230.4 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.

Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal

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Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded

December 17, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Georgia Marble Company · Contact with electrical current

DRILL HAVING FI3ISHED SERVICE FOR MINE,MOVED TO DESIGNATED PARKING AREA FRO MAINTENANCE SUBJECT RAISED 35'LONG DRILL TOWER INTO HIGHEST POSITION.AT THIS TIME WITH HAND STILL ON STILL ON TOWER CONTROL,UPPERM2ST POINT OF TOWER TOUCHED POWER CO 46,000 VOLT MAIN LINE INTO SUB-STATION.