Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 78301.015 - Employee at recycling plant killed when struck-by (shrapnel)

Accident Summary Nr: 78301.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 06/15/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1070488.015	06/15/2015		423930	Usa Metal Recycling, Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on June 15, 2015, an employee was sorting scrap metal which was sent to his work location from a facility that demilitarizes DOD ordnance. The employee encountered a small object with which he had no familiarity. The small object was an anti-personnel mine which detonated when handled and the employee was killed due to massive shrapnel wounds.

Keywords: Accidental Discharge, Explosion, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1070488.015	20	M	Fatality		Waste/Debris Collector

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