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June 23, 2021 LA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Merryville Aggregates LLC · Contact with electrical current

Employee was welding in dead cell (tied off appropriately) and welding machine was grounded appropriately. The wire to the machine was tugged on at the bottom, and the wire became compromised and shocked EE.

June 2, 2021 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Merryville Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The laborer was feeding a conveyor belt through rollers. The conveyor belt was lowered completely to the ground while the miner was working on it. The miner pulled too hard on the conveyor at the same time that another miner was pulling on it and their hand went between the rollers and the conveyor belt.

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