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CONTINENTAL PIT Metal/Non-Metal

D H Blattner & Sons Inc · Surface

Controlled by William Blattner Jr

Grant County, NM · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2902142

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1996
Latest incident: Apr 1996

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

April 23, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS

D H Blattner & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING HOSE FROM TRUCK, TRIED TO PULL TO MUCH BY HIMSELF. DISLOCATED SHOULDER.

January 14, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

D H Blattner & Sons Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE DRIVER WAS HAULING HIS FIRST LOAD OF ORE TO THE DUMP SITE. HE DIDN'T SEE A SPOTTER OR BERM BUT BACKED UP TO THE DUMP ANYWAY. THE GROUND GAVE WAY AND THE TRUCK SLID DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND F LIPPED OVER ON IT'S TOP. OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT.