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1983–2026
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February 15, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE HYDRAULIC BACKHOE (792 MOVING LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MAATERIAL BACK FROM NEAR THE FOOT OF A HIGHWALL FACE. THIS MATERIAL WAS BEING REMOVED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR A SAFETY EXAMINATION OF AN EXPOSED PORTION O AN UNDERGROUND MINE. APPARENTLY, MATERIAL FROM THE HIGHWALL FACE BROKE AWAY ANDMOVED OUT FROM THE FACE STRIKING THE CAB OF THE BACKHOE. IT IS ESTIM

October 27, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lone Star Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CRUSHER HELPER WAS CHECKING EMERGENCY STOP CORDS ALONG A CONVEYOR HE WAS RESETTING TRIP SWITCHES THE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS IN THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATING START-UP & WAS COMMUNICATING WITH EE BY TWO-WAY RADIO SHORTLY AFTER RESTARTING THE CONVEYOR IT SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN & CONTROLS INDICATED SIDE SLIPPING OF THE BELT THE CRUSHER OPERATOR INVESTIGATED & FOUND THE VICTIM PULLED THROUGH

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