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TWO BOYS (NON-EMPLOYEES) TRESPASSED ONTO THE PIT PROPERTY AFTER HOURS WHEN THE PIT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE ENTRANCE GATE WAS LOCKED. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED WITH NO TRESPASSING AND DANGER HIGH V OLTAGE SIGNS. THEY WERE CLIMBING THE MATERIAL STOCK PILS WHEN ONE OF THE BOYS CONTACTED A POWER LINE AND WAS FATALLY ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER BOY RAN FOR HELP.
EE WAS NEAR THE REAR OF THE CANE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WHEN HE SAW FIRE, HE RAN, HOWEVER HE HAD RECEIVED BURNS ON THE TOES OF BOTH FEET AND A BURN ON HIS LEG. EE WAS APPROX. 152 FT NORTH OF TH E CRANE.
EMPLOYEE USED A 600 BOLT AMP METER TO CHECK A 2400 VOLT LINE TO THE SLURRY PUMP WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE LEADS OF THE AMP METER TO THE FUSE IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION RESULTING IN SECOND DEGR EE BURNS TO HS HANDS