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August 8, 1989 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE I NAME (# 01-1491)WAS DRIVING EUCLID TRUCK #245 TRANSPORTING QUARRY FROM ANGOLAS QUARERY STORAGE PILE TO CRUSHER #1 HAMMERMILL #1 AFTER HE UNLOADED THE TRUCK HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE TO T HE STORAGE PILE AREA TO LOADED AGAIN BUT AT THATMOMENT I NAME DIDNT SEE I NAME WHO CROSSED IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE & RAN OVER HIM I NAME WENT TO LOAD THE TRUCK & WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE CRUS

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