Fatality · MSHA Record #220110030022
Blaster
December 23, 2010
at 12:01 PM
Sumter County, FL
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Investigator narrative
The senior blaster received fatal injuries when he was conducting a post-blast examination. The accident occurred when the ground on which he was walking caved in. The circumstances surrounding the accident and the cause of the accident are still under investigation.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Source of injury
- LANDSLIDE (SURF ONLY)
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220110030022 · Mine ID 0801282
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