April 25, 1983
PA · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Shade Mining Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
IN THE PROCESS OF LOOSENING AMMONIUM NITRATE FROM INSIDE A 10\ X 9\4\\ X 22\HIGH STEEL STORAGE BIN .EMPL EITHER SLIPPED OFF LADDER OR IF STANDING ON TOP OF NITRATE COLUMN,FELL THROUGH THE CRUS T TO BOTTOM OF BIN AND WAS BURIED BY AMMONIUM NITRATE.EMPL COULD NOT PASS THROUGH 11\\ X 11\\ OPENING AND SUFFOCATED.