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Employee was found entangled in conveyor 12 tail pulley. Responding authorities pronounced the employee deceased. Incident is still under investigation.
Employee was fatally injured while working on a conveyor system.
Customer truck driver pulled into tarping area behind another truck and failed to set parking brake before exiting the truck. The driver did not use wheel chocks as required. The customer truck driver was fatally injured when customer's truck moved forward and pinned customer truck driver against the other drivers truck.
An employee was fatally injured when EE was struck by a third-party truck driver who failed to stop at a posted, lighted, STOP sign and made a sudden turn off the primary travel way. Local law enforcement arrested the third-party truck driver and charged the driver in connection with the accident.
Forklift turned over - The miner was operating a forklift, traveling on a decline toward the mine entrance, when the forklift went out of control. The forklift struck a concrete support for the belt conveyor and overturned, killing him.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PINNNED BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER OF A PICKUP AND A FILING CABINET. THE PICKUP WAS DRIVEN BY THE PLANT MANAGER WHILE HAVING A SEIZURE. THE EE DIED AS A RESULT OF HER INJURI ES.
DRIVER HAD JUST SCALED OUT HIS LOAD & PULLED AHEAD OF THE SCALE APPROX 117' ALONG THE ROADWAY EAST OF THE PACKHOUSE BLDG. ANOTHER TRUCK FOLLOWED BEHIND HIM ONTO THE SCALE. HE STATED HE SAW DEC EASED PULL HIS RIG OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. DECEASED WAS OUT OF HIS TRUCK AT THE REAR LOOKING INTO THE RAISED BED OF UNTARPED MATERIAL. TRAILER WENT OVER.