September 7, 1995
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
New Mexico Potash Corp · Contact with electrical current
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.
August 23, 1995
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
electrician, lineman
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
New Mexico Potash Corp · Flash burns (electric)
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.
April 27, 1993
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · MACHINERY
New Mexico Potash Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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