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AT COMPLETION OF MORNING WORK ACTIVITIES, EE WAS HEADING TO THE BREAKROOM FOR LUNCH, WHEN HE STARTED HAVING BREATHING DIFFICULTIES.
EE STATED HE WAS SETTING DOWN INT HE LUNCH ROOM AND SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE.
MINER WAS INVESTIGATING PROBLEM AT GYPSUM FEEDER SHOOT AND TWISTED BACK WHILE LOOKING UP AT FEEDER.
WHILE BLOWING OUT DOUBLE DUMPS, ALKAI DUST BLEW UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD INTO RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS DOING CLEAN UP WORK ON KILN PIER #3 AND DUST BLEW IN EYE. (MEDICINE ONLY)
WHILE WORKING ON 924 SCREW A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND BLEW CLINKER DUST INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
EE HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE PRE-HEATER TOWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING CONDUIT IN THE TOWER. CO-WORKERS HAD SEEN HIM SITTING DOWN AND TRIED TALKING TO HIM, BUT HE DID NOT RESPOND. EE HAD DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES ACCORDING TO CORONER'S REPORT. THE REPORT ALSO STATED THAT THE EE DID NOT DIE FROM ELECTRICALEXPOSURE OR TRAUMA. NON-OCCUPATIONAL DEATH.