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May 21, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · ELECTRICAL
J P Sand & Gravel Co. · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE (FOREMAN) DID NOT TURN POWER OFF AND LOCK OUT 486 VOLT ELECTRIC BOX. CUT CABLE AND MADEA SPLICE. WAS ELECTRICUTED. TAKEN TO MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL. WE WERE NOTIFIED OF HIS DEATH APPROX 2:00 PM.

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