IN AN ATTEMPT TO EMPTY AN OLD(UPPER) SUMP INTO A NEW LOWER SUMP THE FACE GAVE WAY RELEASING APPROX 100,000 GALLONS OF WATER,AND IT IS BELIEVED HE WAS SWEPT AWAY IN THE ONRUSH THAT TOOK OUT TIM BERS AND CRIBBING.HE WAS FOUND ON 08-23-91 AT APPROX 10:30PM.
Western Fuels-Utah Inc: 2 recorded fatalities operator
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 35 non-fatal
- INUNDATION 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 135 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 71 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 62 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 47 non-fatal
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Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedINSTALLING ROOF3MAT EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN FRONT OF BOLTER TO RETRIEVE FALLEN MAT ROOF ROCK FELL ON EMPLOYEE HITTING HIM ON HEAD AND BACK
Where Western Fuels-Utah Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
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