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Cedar Chemical Corp controller

MSHA controller ID: M06989

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Fatalities: 3
Total incidents: 167
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1986–1996

Top causes

ELECTRICAL 2 fatalities · 9 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 fatality · 14 non-fatal
HOISTING 42 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 38 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 20 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 18 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1996

1995

17 (2f)

1994

1993

24 (1f)

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1986

Operators under this controller

New Mexico Potash Corp 167

Mines on record

Intrepid Potash East NM

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded

September 7, 1995 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · ELECTRICAL

New Mexico Potash Corp · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN AREA 289 OF THE UG MINE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE WELDING MACHINE. THE CABLE FROM THE WELDER HAD BEEN LAID OUT. HE WENT TO THE FAN AND PICKED UP THE 480 VOLT ENERGIZED CABLE. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM ONE DAMAGED PHASE LEAD.

August 23, 1995 NM · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL

New Mexico Potash Corp · Flash burns (electric)

HE TOOK A RATCHET WRENCH WITH AN ALLEN SOCKET AND ATTEMPTED TO LOOSEN THE LUGS ON THE INCOMING POWER LEADS ON TOP OF BREAKER. A FLASH OCCURRED WHEN THE ENERGIZED POWER CIRCUIT BECAME GROUNDED THROUGH HIS METAL RATCHET WRENCH AND THE FRAME OF THE CONTROL PANEL.

April 27, 1993 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

New Mexico Potash Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AFTER REMOVING THE CONVEYOR BOOM HINGE PINM, HE GOT ON TOP OF THE CONVEYOR BOOM TO ASSIST IN THE REMOVAL OF THE PINS FOR THE GATHERING HEAD PLOW. WHILE KNEELING ON TOP OF THE FORWARD PORTION O F THE BOOM TO BETTER SWING A SLEDGE HAMMER, THE BOOM ASSEMBLY SUDDENLY RELEASED, THE REAR PORTION FALLING AND THE FRONT PORTION RISING SUDDENLY. HE WAS CAUGHT AND MASHED BETWEEN THE BOOM AND

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