January 27, 1999
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by falling object
IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE SILO, CONTRACTOR'S SUPERVISOR ENTERED THE SILO. A LEDGE OF HARDENED CEMENT ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SILO. A RES ULTING AVALANCHE OF CEMENT CASCADED DOWN UPON HIM AND BURIED HIM.