Matthews Borrow Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Muskogee Bridge Company Inc · Surface

Cherokee County, OK · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3401774

MSHA record for Matthews Borrow Pit (mine ID 3401774). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1992
Latest incident: Oct 1992

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded

October 26, 1992 OK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Muskogee Bridge Company Inc · Struck by flying object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TYING IN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WIRES FOR A SHOT WHEN A FAST MOVING ELECTRICAL STORM AND LIGHTENING CAUSED A PREMATURE DETONATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN THE HOLES. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES ( THE CERTIFIED BLASTER AND HELPER) WERE FATALLY INJURED AND A THIRD MAN SUFFERED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURIES.

October 26, 1992 OK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Muskogee Bridge Company Inc · Struck by flying object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TYING IN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WIRES FOR A SHOT WHEN A FAST MOVING ELECTRICAL STORM AND LIGHTENING CAUSED A PREMATURE DETONATION OF THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES IN THE HOLES. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES (THE CERTIFIED BLASTER AND HELPER) WERE FATALLY INJURED AND A THIRD MAN SUFFERED MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY INJURIES.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 1 incident

October 26, 1992 OK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey ELECTRICAL

Muskogee Bridge Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

A THREE MAN BLASTING CREW WAS PREPARING A SHOT FOR DETONATION. THE INJURED HAD TAKEN HIS BULK EXPLOSIVES TRUCK OFF THE SHOT SITE AND WAS SECURING IT WHEN LIGHTENING FROM A FAST MOVING ELECTRIC AL STORM STRUCK CLOSEBY PREMATURILY DETONATING THE SHOT AND GIVING HIM AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. HE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND TOUCHING HIS TRUCK.

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