May 20, 1994
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Rock Of Ages Corp · Struck by flying object
[SEE ATTACHED] ... INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION WHILE OPERATING AN AUTOMATIC JET PIERCING TORCH ... IN A MANUAL MODE TO "BURN BACK" THE TOP CHANNEL ... OPERATOR DIRECT TIP BY HAND ... THE MOST PROB ABLE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION WAS IGNITION OF PREVIOUSLY UNIGNITED PYRODEX IN A HORIZONTAL DRILL HOLE DIRECTLY BELOW THE VICTIM. ... VICTIM HAD SEVERE WOUND TO FRONT OF HIS HEAD.