Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation, Underground Metal Mine (Gold Ore) Fatal Explosives Accident, September 7, 2011, Kensington Mine, Coeur Alaska, Inc., Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska, Mine ID No. 50-01544

摘要

On September 7, 2011, Joseph L. Tagaban, blasters helper, age 30, was killed when he was struck by rock and debris after a production blast was initiated. The rock and debris passed through a 3-inch diameter diamond drill hole that intersected the blast site. Tagaban was standing next to a tractor positioned on the uphill side of a haulage ramp near the 1290 crosscut. He was approximately 200 feet from the blast site and in line with the drill hole when the blast was initiated.