Mine Worker's Son Gets Benefits for Fatal After-Hours Accident

The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld an award of death benefits to the son of a mine worker who was killed in an after-hours accident. Case: Justice v. Black Rock Services, No. A-1-CA-38378, 08/10/2022, unpublished. Facts: Black Rock Services operates a mine where Steve Justice worked as the plant operator. He also lived at the site. Justice died at the mine after work hours when, on his way to turn off a generator, he became pinned between his truck and the generator trailer. Procedural history: A workers’ compensation judge found Justice’s death was compensable and awa...