7 de septiembre de 1995
NM · Metal/No metálico
Encargado de mantenimiento, Mecánico, Reparador/Encargado de servicio, Calderero, Abastecedor de combustible, Técnico de llantas, Técnico de servicio en campo
Muerte · ELÉCTRICO
New Mexico Potash Corp · Contacto con corriente eléctrica
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.
23 de agosto de 1995
NM · Metal/No metálico
Electricista, Liniero
Muerte · ELÉCTRICO
New Mexico Potash Corp · Quemaduras por arco (eléctrico)
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.
27 de abril de 1993
NM · Metal/No metálico
Encargado de mantenimiento, Mecánico, Reparador/Encargado de servicio, Calderero, Abastecedor de combustible, Técnico de llantas, Técnico de servicio en campo
Muerte · MAQUINARIA
New Mexico Potash Corp · Atrapado en, bajo o entre un objeto en movimiento y uno fijo
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