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EMPL LAYING OUT3BLASTING CAPS,SUFFERED GRAN MAL EPILEPTIC SEIZURE.FELL FACE DOWN IN SHALLOW WATER IN IMMEDIATED AREA 2' OR SO.INGESTED LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER AND MUD INTO HIS LUNGS,ACCORDING TO PATHOLOGIST ON3AUTOPSY PERFORMED LATER.DISCOVERED BY EMPL &REPORTED .SUPTS AND CREW TRIED TO REVIVE HIM,AMBULANCE SUMMONED TAKEN TO HOSPITAL & SOON PRONOUNCED DECEASED AFTER FURTHER EFFORTS T
STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON NOSE.
WHILE OPERATING BULLDOZER POUSHING SAND AROUND THE PLANT AREA, THE WIND WAS BLOWING & BLEEW GRAINS OF SAND INTO OPERATORS L & R EYES. HE CONTINUED WORKING BUT WENT FOR MEDICAL HELP 2 DAYS LATE R FOR HIS INJURY. DR. REMOVED SAND PARTICLES MEDICATED & APPLIED PATCHES TO BOTH EYES TO ASSIST HEALING.