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NO TAG LINE USED ON THE CONVEYOR BEING HOISTED. WORKING WITHIN 10 FEET OF ENERGIZED OVER HEAD LINE.
ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO EYEWITNESS TO INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE'S DUTIES INCLUDED CLEANING SPILLS ON FLOOR UNDER SHAKER SCREEN. TASK CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED FROM A SAFE LOCATION AND IN C ONFORMANCE WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. NEVERTHELESS, EMPLOYEE APPEARS TO HAVE ENTERED INTO OR ONTO EQUIPMENT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, AT WHICH TIME THE EE, IS CLOTHING OR A TOOL APPARENTLY CONT
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MOTOR GRADER IN REVERSE AND HIT THE BERM AND ROLLED PINNING THE VICTIM UNDERNEATH. THE VICTIM WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO SHARPS QUARRY TO SERVICE A CAT 621 SCRAPER FOR MCCLINTON-ANCHOR COMPANY.HE WAS OPERATING A 1989 FORD F700 WITH A HIAB 173 SPEED LOADER BOOM HOIST WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENE D.HE WAS USING THE HOIST LIFTING A 29.5X35 (APPROXIMATELY 900 POUND) TIRE OFF THE REAR OF THE SCRAPER. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE REPORTED HE HAD JUST CHANGED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND HAD MOVED TH
EMPLOYEE LOWERED HIMSELF BY ROPE INTO A LEACH TANK IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, POSSIBLY A HAND HAT OR MEASURING STICK AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION.