Fatality · MSHA Record #219931250001

Maintenance Man fatality at Intrepid Potash East (New Mexico Potash Corp), NM, April 27, 1993

at 1:35 PM

On April 27, 1993, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Intrepid Potash East (New Mexico Potash Corp), NM.

Intrepid Potash East · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: New Mexico Potash Corp (Cedar Chemical Corp)

Eddy County, NM

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

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

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 14 years
Experience at this mine: 14 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219931250001 · Mine ID 2900170 Trainer view →