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May 21, 2020 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluff City Minerals LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was removing an electrical motor using a chain hoist suspended from a cross brace when the cross brace became unsecured and struck the employee.

October 24, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
US Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was working on a crusher. A bucket tooth was wedged in the crusher. The crusher was jacked up. The jack kicked out and employee was struck in the head by an unknown object and knocked him into the bed of the truck where he struck his head on an unknown object. Employee received head trauma.

February 2, 2007 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chantilly Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The truck owner was replacing a bolt in a pony axle. The owner had a bottle jack under one axle tire and a wooden block under the axle tire beside it. The owner then lowered the axles from the cab, positioned himself on a creeper between the 2 raised axle tires. The jack came out from under one axle tire; crushing the owner.

March 29, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stavola Construction Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THIS OPERATION WHEN A STEEL PLATE FELL FROM A JAW CRUSHER STRIKING AN EE WHO WAS WORKING BELOW.

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