Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1077018.015 - Ebv Explosives Environmental Company

Inspection Information - Office: Kansas City Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1077018.015

Report ID: 0728500

Date Opened: 06/16/2015

Site Address:
Ebv Explosives Environmental Company
4174 County Road 180
Carthage, MO 64836

Mailing Address:
4174 County Road 180, Carthage, MO 64836

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 562211/Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/10/2015

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/10/2015

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	992330

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 78006.015

Event: 06/15/2015

Employee is killed when an anti-personnel mine blew up at a

At 3:30 a.m. on June 15, 2015, an employee was sorting scrap metal for recycling when a demilitarized ordnance exploded. A load of demilitarized ordnance (scrap metal, casings) was sent to USA Metal Recycling. An M77 Anti-Personnel Mine was included in the shipment. The mine blew up in the employee's hands as he was examining it inflicting massive and fatal shrapnel wounds. The co-workers also received numerous shrapnel wounds, but survived.

Keywords: Accidental Discharge, Explosion

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1077018.015	20	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction
2	1077018.015		M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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