AT 2:25 PM A CR9W WORKING AT THE JOB SITE SET OFF A BLAST WHILE I.NAME WAS SEATED IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK ABOUT 300 FEET AWAY, DOWN OVER A LARGE EMBANKMENT FROM THE BLAST AREA. AS THE CHARGE WAS D ETONATED, I.NAM9 LOOKED UP SAW DEBRIS FALLING TOWARD HIM AND CALLED OUT TO WARN OTHERS NEAR HIM. A LARGE CHUNK OF CLAY-ROCK STRUCK THE ROOF OF THE TRUCKS CAB, CAVING IT IN, KILLING I.NAME INS
David J Benjamin controller
MSHA controller ID: C00058
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Top causes
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 121 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 120 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 46 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 37 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 20 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1989
11
1988
39
1987
63
1986
86 (1f)
1985
46
1984
60
1983
57
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recorded
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