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
Benjamin Coal Company operator
Controlled by
David J Benjamin
MSHA operator ID: P00106
Top causes
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 113 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 113 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 44 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 37 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 20 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1989
11
1988
39
1987
58
1986
83 (1f)
1985
43
1984
57
1983
54
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
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