OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278659
COX DRILLING & BLASTING CORP.
CHESHIRE, CT·
Event description
Employee in training killed while detonating explosives
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was engaged in on-the-job training and had been assigned to detonate was on site but it was not being used. According to the police, the cause of th e accident could not be determined. explosives. He was approximately 70 ft in front of an explosion that occurred i n a wooded area more than 400 ft from the closest dwelling. Two coworkers were o n site at the time of the accident, but neither one saw it happen. After the exp losion they went into the area and found Employee #1 approximately 15 ft from th e detonator. He was unconscious, with a laceration above his left ear. He died a s a result of his injuries. There was a depression to the left of where Employee #1 was found, and in front was a tree with a double trunk, small trees, brush, and the drilling rig. The area had 1 to 1.5 ft of overlay on top of rocks. A mat
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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