MSHA's accident file records 89 fatalities at mines in Arizona since 1983, listed by year. Each links to its incident record.
Rear-end collision involving two haul trucks on a haul road.
Our mixer driver was hauling for Freeport McMoRan at their Morenci mine location, the load was rejected and sent back, driver followed the escort down a hill with a full load, lost brakes and turned the mixer on its driver's side.
Weld crew initiated an argon purge on a 30" pipe that had been fit up afternoon prior. When argon purge was established, two welders began to make their root pass welds. Upon inspection "sugaring" was observed. a welder entered the open end of the 30" pipe for unknown reasons where they were found by a coworker to be unresponsive. No witnesses observed them enter the pipe.
Operator error. Failed to set crane up in digging mode. Employee did not set the travel locks prior to digging.
Upon information provided injury occurred while tarping load. EE fell from trailer to the ground.
Employee in flatbed service truck was parked on a waste dump at the Mission Mine. A 320 ton haul truck ran over flatbed service truck resulting in fatal accident.
Employee went to prime the diaphragm pump located outside the stripping machine building, adjacent to the hydraulic room. Eight minutes pass where EE is unaccounted for prior to being found unresponsive, kneeling in liquid, face against the stainless steel flange of the tank house return HDPE line.
During maintenance, a miner was struck by the boom of an excavator that was being used to position crusher parts; causing him to lose balance and fall approximately 11 feet. The fall resulted in several broken bones. MSHA arrived on site the afternoon of the accident and started an investigation. *Employee died on 5/26/2015.
The crew was attempting to align a section of pipe, which is 40 feet long, when the 2 pipes disconnected and 1 end of the pipe that the crew was trying to install slipped out of the joint and struck the employee. An excavator was being used to position a 36" pipe diameter by 40' long section pipe to connect it to another section of pipe.
Fatality due to fall from heights.
A scraper and a service truck collided head-on while traveling in opposite directions on a haul road. The impact ignited a fire to both equipment and resulted in fatal injuries to the service truck driver.
The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears a haul truck struck a pick-up truck. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.
Employees were placing 24" HDPE pipe, when the pipe suddenly shifted and rolled on top of one of the workers. He was treated and stabilized at the scene. He was subsequently transported to a hospital, where he later passed away.
The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears that the haul truck he was driving made contact with the safety berm and tipped on its side. The caue of the accident is unknown at this time.
The victim had been instructing persons making a belt splice. He fell through a 4 foot by 6 foot opening 28 feet to the floor below.
Employee (electrician apprentice) and a co-worker (journeyman electrician) were working on a light fixture of the SX upper tailings booster when he came in contact with energized wire.
Employee was found on the ground in front of a Cat 777D water truck. It appears that the employee fell to the ground from the equipment. There were no witnesses to the event. Autopsy report is pending.
An electrician that was trouble shooting an installation was electrocuted by a single leg of a 3 phase 4160 volt service.
The electrician was in the process of trouble shooting an electrical problem in the line of power feeding the 8200 Dragline. At the time of the accident the victim was in the KM-12 junction box when he contacted live electrical components resulting in fatal injuries.
Employee was crushed between tire and fuel tank.
Victim was operating a motorized scraper, without a seat belt. The belt was in good condition but he was not using it. He ran over a large pile of dirt and fell out of the machine. The machine ran him over.
Employee was caught in the tail pulley of feed conveyor and his hand & arm was pulled in until his chest contacted frame work. This caused him to die of asphixiation.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED A SPONTANEOUS FRACTURE OF THE LEFT ANKLE WALKING ON A CONVERYOR BELT WALKWAY.
THE WAS ASKED TO REMOVE SCREWS FROM A METAL ROOF DECK ON THE EAVE OF A ROOF. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THE MINER REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM (JLG AND GOT ON THE ROOF. HE ALSO VI OLATED COMPANYPOLICY IN PROCEEDING TO WORK IN AREAS OF THE ROOF WHILE NOT TIED-OFF. WHILE WORKING ON THE ROOF DECK, NOT IN FRONT OF THE JLG AND WHILE NOT TIED-OFF, HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
A PORTABLE TOILET WAS MOUNTED ON A RAILCAR. ALONG THE SIDES OF THE TUNNEL, AT 200 FEET INTERVALS ARE LIGHTS, ALONG WITH JUNCTION BOXES. THIS LIGHTING SYSTEM IS 480 VOLTS. AS THE RAILCAR WAS BE ING MOVE, THE VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE THE 480 VOLT CABLE AND JUNCTION BOX TO PREVENT IT FROM RUBBING ON TH TOILET. AT THAT TIME THE ELECTROCUTION OF THE VICTIM OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING #10 TRIPPER CONVEYOR AND GOT CAUGHT IN THE MECHANISM.
PER CALL TO KIM- OPERATOR WAS ON WAY DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PIT, HIS TRUCK WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF PIT, NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED WHILE OPERATING MACK LOWBOY ON MINE ACCESS ROAD, ON GOING INVESTIGATION.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING EXCESS AMTERIAL AT THE STOCK PILE AREA WITH A FRONT END LOADER. HE STRUCK A NATURAL GAS LINE CAUSING IT TO ERUPT INTO FLAMES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. THE P IPELINE WAS UNEXPECTEDLY AT A VERY SHALLOW DEPTH, AND THE VICTIM INADVERTENTLY DUG BELOW THE SURFACE LEVEL. THE ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE ANY COMPLIANCE ISSUES, MINER SKILLS, ATTITUDE, OR TRAI
ON JAN. 31, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM, A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE #215 STOPE AREA THAT CAUSED A FATAL INJURY, INJURY TO OTHER PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARE STILL UNKNOWN AND UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION.
ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO EYEWITNESS TO INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE'S DUTIES INCLUDED CLEANING SPILLS ON FLOOR UNDER SHAKER SCREEN. TASK CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED FROM A SAFE LOCATION AND IN C ONFORMANCE WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. NEVERTHELESS, EMPLOYEE APPEARS TO HAVE ENTERED INTO OR ONTO EQUIPMENT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, AT WHICH TIME THE EE, IS CLOTHING OR A TOOL APPARENTLY CONT
THE VICTIM ENTERED A HOPPER APPARENTLY TO LOOSEN MATERIAL AND BECAME ENGULFED. THE HOPPER IS NOT EASILY ACCESIBLE.
WHILE OPERATING A CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK, EE, A ROAD MACHINERY CO. EE, MOVED IN FRONT OF A PARKED 320 TON KOMATSU HAUL TRUCK. THE HAUL TRUCK, OPERATED BY A PHELPS DODGE EE PROCEEDED FORWARD, THE P ICKUP TRUCK WAS DESTROYED AND EE WAS FATALLY INJURED. EE WAS TRAINED HOW TO PROPERLY APPROACH A HAUL TRUCK AND WHERE BLIND SPOTS EXISTED IN AN OPERATOR'S FIELD OF VISION.
THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS ASSIGNED TO LOAD MATERIAL FROM A STOCKPILE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A CRUSHER FEEDER. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, HE BACKED THE LOADER DOWN THE SLOPE 2/3 OF THE WAY TO THE WALL OF THE ACTIVE PIT, WHICH WAS OUT OF HIS ASSIGNED WORK AREA. HE WENT OVER THE ACTIVE PIT FACE, FIRST HITTING ON THE RADIATOR END OF THE LOADER AND THEN OVER ON ITS TOP TRAPPING HIM INSIDE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF A VALVE IN THE 4 WEST TAILINGS DAM. HE WAS FOUND RECLINING BESIDE THE VALVE.
EMPLOYEE AND PARTNER WERE WORKING ON THE 3570 LEVEL. EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A ROCK SLAB FELL FROM THE BACK ADN UPPER RIB OF THE RAISE STATION EXCAVATION. HE AND HIS PARTNER WERE PLACING ONE END OF A STEELL CAP ON TOP OF THE SUPPORT POSTS AT THE TIME OF THE GROUND FALL.
THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTING A DRAGLINE SWING MOTOR ON A FLATBED TRUCK WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED AND CAME LOOSE FROM THE CHAIN TIE-DOWN AS IT PROCEEDED DOWN AN INCLINE. THE MOTOR FELL FORWARD INTO THE CAB, TRAPPING THE VICTIM AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE TRUCK.
LOST CONTROL OF 910 CAT LOADER WHILE HAULING WELDER UP A STEEP GRADE. JUMPED FROM VEHICLE AND WAS RUN OVER BY IT.
EMP WAS LOADING ORE CARS FROM THE PONYSET FLOOR APPROX 10' ABOVE TRACK LEVEL. UPON COMPLETION OFTHE TASK THE TRAIN WAS GIVEN A "HIGH BALL" LIGHTSIGNAL TO LEAVE THE PANEL AND PROCEED TO THE DUM P. WITHIN SECONDS ANOTHER SINGLE "STOP" LIGHT SIGNAL WAS GIVEN AND THIS STOPPED TRAIN. EMPS PARTNER FOUND HIM LAYING ALOND TRAIN. SPECULATED THAT EMP SLIPPED OFF LADDER, FELL AGAINST ORE CAR.
AT ABOUT 10:00 AM AN ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR WAS ELECTROCUTED WHILE WORKING ON AN ENERGIZED 300KVA, 4,160/480 VOLT PAD-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER. TRANSFORMER LOCATED OUTSIDE NEWLY CONSTRUCT ED SURFACE SHOP FOR UNDERGROUND ON 2330 BENCH OFPIT. CONTRACTOR'S EMP FOUND VICTIM LAYING ON GROUND NEXT TO TRANSFORMER. DOORS OF TRANSFORMER COMPARTMENT OPEN, EXPOSING 4160 & 480 VOLT TERMIN
WHILE CUTTING SCRAP STEEL, A PIECE OF STEEL SHIFTED, AND BROKE EE'S LEG.
A MINE ELECTRICIAN WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE 3/4 TON FLATBED PICKUP HE WAS DRIVING WAS RUN OVER BY A 240 TON CATERPILLAR HAUL TRUCK. THE ELECTRICIAN AS TRAVELING DOWN THE HAULAGE ROAD WHEN THE HAUL TRUCK MADE A U-TURN AND THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE RAN OVER THE FLATBED.
AN AA TRUCK DRIVER POWERED BACKWARDS THROUGH A WELL ESTABLISHED BERM AT AN ANGLE. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.
DRY STRAIGHT 8% GRADE WITH SIDE TURN JUST AHEAD. OPERATOR APPEAR ENTRY FELL OUT OF CAB AND BECAME PINNED BETWEEN RIB AND TRUCK AND THEN RUN OVER BY REAR WHEEL.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE SOUTH SIDE SX/EW SUBSTATION TRACING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING WHEN AN ELECTRICAL FLASH OCCURRED FROM ANOTHER AREA.
THE VICTIM WAS BUILDING A BERM AROUND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE PIT. HE WAS OPERATING A 1977 HOUGH MODEL H-80 FRONT-END LOADER WITH A FOUR YARD BUCKET. HE DROVE THE LOADER OVER THE EDGE AND ROLLED DOWN A 30 FT BANK. HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT.
EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING BACKED OVER THE BERM AND DOWN THE BANK APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. THE TRUCK LANDED UPSIDE DOWN.
TWO ELECTRICIANS WERE ASSIGNED TO MOVE THE TRAILING CABLE AND JUNCTION BOX FOR THE 295 B-1 SHOVEL. THEY DISCONNECTED THE CABLE, BUT IT DID NOT MOVE FREELY DOWNWARD INTO THE PIT. IT WAS FROZEN TO THE GROUND. BOTH ELECTRICIANS WERE PULLING THE CABLE OUT OF THE SNOW AND ICE TO LOOSEN IT. HE WAS STANDING NEAR THE HIGHWALL WHEN THE LOOSE CABLE MOVED TURBENTLY TOWARD HIM, STRUCK HIS LOWE
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAWN INTO THE MUCK FLOW OF A TRANSFER RAISE ENTRAPPED FROM THE WAIST DOWN THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES
EMPLOYEE WAS RERAILING A 20-TON ASEA CAR WHEN HE GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE ORE CAR & THE RIB THE ORE CAR WAS BEING PULLED THROUGH A RE-RAILER THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE
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EMPL REMOVING BOLTS FROM SWING SHAFT COMPONENT OF SHOVEL AS PART OF A REPAIR PROJECT.EMPL WAS POSITIONED ON SHOVEL TRACK SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT SIDE OF COMPONENT LAYING FLAT FACING UPWARDS TOWARD C OMPONENT AND REMOVING SPECIFIED BOLTS.2 BOLTS WERE PURPOSELY LEFT IN PLACE SO NEXT PHASE OF DIS MANTLING PROCESS COULD PROCEED.THE 2 BOLTS REMAINING FAILED CAUSING COMPONENT TO DROP 18" TO TO
WALKED BEHIND TRUCK BACKING UP.
HE WAS DRIVING THE #28 HYDRAULIC CRANE IN LOW GEAR DOWN A MINE ROAD WITH THE BOOM IN AN ELEVATED POSITION CREATING A HIGHER CENTER OF GRAVITY, WHEN THE CRANE STARTED TO TIP. HE EXITED THE CAB AND THE CRANE LAID OVER ON TOP OF HIM.
A "AA" TRUCK DRIVER, AFTER INITIALLY STRIKING A WELL ESTABLISHED BERM WHILE BACKING, THEN PULLED FORWARD APPROX. 25'. UPON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT IN BACKING, AT A SPEED GREATER THAN NORMAL, HE WEN T THROUGH SAID BERM, DOWN THE DUMP, RESUTLING IN FATAL INJURY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A 4160 V FUSE IN THE #19 SWITCH HOUSE WITHIN THE MORENCI MINE.
EMPLOYEE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED 2300 VOLT BARE CONDUCTOR & WAS ELECTROCUATED
I.NAME FATALLY INJURED WHEN CRUSHED BETWEEN TITAN HAUL TRUCK AND CATERPILLAR RUBBER TIRE DOZER AFTER IT HAD BEEN TOWED WITH CABLE SLINGS TO DESIGNATED LOCATION.
I.NAME FATALLY INJURED WHEN CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCK AND DOZER AFTER IT HAD BEEN TOWED WITH CABLE SLINGS TO DESIGNATED LOCATION.
MANITOWOC CRANE MODEL #4100W SERIES 11 45 SHEETS OF ROOFING MATERIAL SUSPENDED LOAD FOR UNKNOWN REASON FELL TO GROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE.
EMPL LOADED TRUCK TRAVELED THROUGH ROADSIDE BERM AND OVER 60'EMBANKMENT.
WHILE HOOKING A CHAIN TO THE 5TH WHEEL OF STORAGE TRALER THE FRONT END LOADER WAS SUDDENLY BACKED TO REPOSTION THE LOAADER IN FRONT OF THE TRALER AND IN DOING SO PULLED THE CHAIN OFF THE PIN S TRICKING THE VICTIMS FACE.
EMPL CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR BELT.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEN THEINJURED OPEN THE DOOR TO RABBIT BOX #13 TO 191 SHOVEL TO UNHOOK CABLE, POWER DROPPED OFF OF THE 7400 DRAGLINE. REGENERATING POWER FOR 7400 FED BACK THE CABLE TO OCB , BACK THROUGH 191 CABLE TO RABBIT BOX #13. AT THIS POINT IT'S BELIEVED THAT THE INJURED STATED TO UNHOOK CABLE, POSSIBLY FELL INTO THE BOX COMING INTO CONTACT WITH MIDDLE BUSS BAR.
UNLOADING PIPE FROM TRUCK. TRYING TO LEVERAGE LENGTH OF PIPE OFF THE TRAILER ONTO THE FORKLIFT. ALMOST HAD PIPE ON FORKLIFT WHEN IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACK TO DECEASED.
EMP WAS DRILLING UP HOLES IN NARROW VEIN GOLD MINE WHEN LARGE PIECE OF ORE BROKE LOSE AND CRUSHED HIM.
INJURED WAS REMOVING A REBOUND BOLT OFF THE RIGHT SPRING OF A LOWBOY TRUCK.THE LEAF SPRINGS HAD SHIFTED PASSED THE REBOUND BOLT.AFTER REMOVING A NUT HE BACKED THE BOLT UNTIL IT BINDED AT AN AN GLE.THEN HE TORCHED IT PART-WAY THROUGH AND BEAGN HITTING THE SPRING WITH A #8 SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE.THE LOOSE SPRING CAUGHT THE HAMMER,SLAMMED AGAINST THE TRUCK FRAME BROKE
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO WORK STATION JUST AFTER LUNCH CLIMBING STRUCTURAL STEEL TO GET THERE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSEN HIS GRIP AND FELL
EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING OUT A FLOAT PUMP. A TEMPORARY FLOAT WAS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE CATWALK. THE FLOAT CAPSIZED AND THE MEN JUMPED OFF THE CATWALK INTO THE WATER. I,NAME COULD NOT SWIM AND DORWNED AS A RESULT.
WHILE WORKING IN A STOPE AREA, HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING ROCK OR KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY SLIDING ROCK.
TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE DISCONNECTED THE HYDRAULIC HOSE THAT ACTIVATES THE BED ON THE DUMP TRUCK. THE TRUCK BED FELL ON THE DRIVER WHEN THE HYDRAULIC HOSE WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON3TOP OF #3 STOPE-MUCK PILE, MOVING WATER HOSE, USED TO FREE UP STOPE, WHEN THE MUCK PILE GAVE WAY BENEATH HIM, DRAWING HIM INTO MUCK CHUTE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING AN 8 TON BATTERY MOTOR AND HAD A COLLISION WITH A HAULAGE TRAIN AND RECEIVED MASSIVE CRUSH INJURY TO CHEST. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE
AT #6 SHOVEL - 4AS HIT BY A CABLE 2 1/4" DIAMETER WHICH FELL APPROX 25' AND HIT EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING BELOW ON SHOVEL
SERVICE TRUCK W5S PARKED WITHOUT SETTING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THE TRUCK WAS NOT LEFT IN GEAR, AND WHEEL CHOCKS WERE NOT USED. NONE OF THESE PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO ROLL BA CKWARD PUSHING 9MPLOYEE INTO THE SCREEN PLANT
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS BACKING INTO A DUMP SITE HIS TRUCK OVERTURNED ON A 50' BENCH WITH HIM INSIDE
I.NAME WAS IN T2E PROCESS OF UNLOADING HIS BOTTOM DUMP RAIL CARS AT THE METCALF HOPPER WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, ONE OF THE CARS TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND I.NAME WAS FOUND LAYING UNDERNEATH IT 3
THE VICTIM WAS 1USHING SAND INTO THE FEEDER/HOPPER WITH A SHOVEL AND FELL INTO A CONE SHAPED HOLE. HE WAS ENGULFED BY MATERIAL THAT FELL IN BEHIND HIM. THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT OR A TAG LINE 4HICH WAS PROVIDED NOR WAS HE USING THE 9 FOOT BAR DESIGNED AND PROVIDED TO KNOCK DOWN THE HANGUP.
VICTIM WAS DRIV3NG A 18 TON CAP. GROVE CRANE TO ANOTHER AREA N-8 WHEN HE APPARENTLY RAN OFF THE ROAD CRANE LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER ON ITS LT SIDE PINNING OPERATOR UNDERNEATH MACHINE
WHILE LOADING TRAINS,EMPL LEFT DOOR ON RAISE OPEN,CAUSING SPILL OF MUCK AND WAS BURIED.EMPL PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL,SUFFOCATION.
A 50TON WATER TRUCK 10,000 GALLON CAPACITY WAS BEING FILLED AT A WATER STAND, WHEN DUMP BRAKE FAILED AND ALLOWED IT TO RUN FREE ONTO #8 ROAD AND STRUCK PICKUP #105 HEADON, WHICH WAS OPERATED B Y THE VICTIM.
EMPLOYEE DROVE HAUL TRUCK 15989 INTO BACK OF TRUCK 15988 WHICH HAD STOPPED TO YIELD TO TRUCK 15993 APPROACHING FROM LEFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE 52 LOCOMOTIVE AND HAD LEFT THE 23 SHOVEL LOCATED AT 4600 AMERICAN MOUNTA. THE TRAIN WAS LOADED WITH WASTE AND EVENTUALLY WORKED HIS WAY TO THE 4500 DISPATCH HILL WHI CH IS THE MAIN LINE. WHILE ON THIS TRCK THE CABOOSE DERAILED AND TRAVELED APPROX. 9 CAR LENGTHS. THE EMPLOYEE EITHER ATTEMPTED TO JUMP, OR WAS THROWN OFF THE CABOOSE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND B
I.NAME TOLD TO PUSH HIGH WALL IN AND TO START AT LOW END TO HELP LOADER.LOOKS LIKS LIKE HE WAS STRIPPING AT UNSAFE DISTANCE 1-3\ FROM EDGE OF PIT WALL AND PARALLEL WITH PIT WALL.PART OF WALL C AVED IN CAUSING DOZER TO SLIDE OFF WALL 20\.
MR. PATTERSON APPARENTLY TRIED TO RUN BETWEEN THE SHOE & TUB OF THE 8750 DRAGLINE, THE SHOE SWUNG, CRUSHING THE MAN, RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
VICTIM WAS RUN OVER BY 980B FRONT END LOADER WHICH WAS MOVING IN A REVERSE DIRECTION WITH BACKUP ALARM SYSTEM WORKING. LACK OF ATTENTION BY VICTIM AND LOADER OPERATOR FOR A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. AUTOPSY REPORT SHOWED AN ALCOHOL CONTENT IN THE VICTIMS BLOOD LEVEL.