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Accident Summary Nr: 14224521 - EXPLOSIVE CHARGE DETONATED, INJURING TWO EMPLOYEES

Accident Summary Nr: 14224521 -- Report ID: 0355119 -- Event Date: 07/11/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3310604	07/11/1985	1623	0	Roanoke Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE OPERATING A CLEVELAND AIR HAMMER, MODEL NUMBER H111-53HV4768, DRILLING HOLES IN ROCK FOR PLACEMENT OF 1 1/4 INCH BY 8 INCH "GIANT GEL" EXPLOSIVE CHARGES. A "POP-SHOT" OF ELEVEN HOLES HAD BEEN DETONATED EARLIER (AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM). THE JACK HAMMER DRILL BIT STRUCK A PREVIOUSLY EMPLACED EXPLOSIVE CHARGE WHICH HAD FAILED TO DETONATE. IT EXPLODED, SERIOUSLY INJURING BOTH EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A SEVERELY MANGLED LEFT LEG UP TO MID-THIGH, A SEVERLY MANGLED RIGHT LEG TO ABOVE THE KNEE AND LOSS OF SIGHT IN ONE EYE. BOTH HIS LEGS HAD TO BE AMPUTATED. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A SEVERELY MANGLED LEFT FOOT AND MULTIPLE LACERATIONS ABOUT THE REST OF HIS BODY.

Keywords: EYE, EXPLOSIVES, CONSTRUCTION, JACKHAMMER, EXPLOSION, LACERATION, FOOT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3310604			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	3310604			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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