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March 3, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Latrobe Construction Company · Struck by falling object

A WATER TRUCK OPERATOR WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK & CRUSHED BY A SLAB OF ROCK WHICH FELL FROM ROOF VICTIM WAS PUMPING WATER FROM FACE AREA OF RT HEADING UNDERGROUND WHEN A 38FTWIDE&26FTLO NG SLAB OF ROCK AVG 6 TO 12IN THICK SLIPPED FROMTHE ROOF FALLING ONTO & CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE

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