Mine Safety and Health Administration Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Nonmetal Mine (Crushed and Broken Limestone) Fatal Blasting and Explosives Agents Accident, March 27, 2013, Fred Weber, Inc., North Stone, Mar

摘要

On March 27, 2013, William R. Sievert, Loader Operator, age 61, was killed after a blast was initiated. Sievert was in a front-end loader about 30 feet from the base of a highwall. After the blast, broken rock struck the front-end loader and covered it. Almost 10 hours after the blast, the rock was removed from the front-end loader and Sievert was recovered.