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EE WAS OPERATING PC400 KOMATSU EXCAVATOR BY THE 530 LEVE SW QUARRY WALL, WHEN A LARGE ROCK STRUCK THE BUCKET & SLID DOWN THE ARM, STRIKING THE OPERATOR'S CAB. FATALLY INJURING THE OPERATOR.
THE SHIFT MANAGER TURNED THE VALVE ON THE PIPE PLUG WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO AN AIR COMPRESSOR ON THE BANK TO INFLATE THE PLUG. WHEN HE FELT THERE WAS ENOUGH AIR IN THE PIPE PLUG, HE SHUT THE VA LVE AND STATED OUT LOUD, "I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH AIR IN THE BLADDER, BUT THERE IS STILL SEEPAGE BETWEEN THE BLADDER AND THE PIPE." THE DECEASED BENT OVER THE PIPE AND TURNED THE AIR VALVE ON
THE DECEASED WAS WALKING WEST ON THE NORTH EDGE OF AN EMPLOYEE ROAD WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PRIVATE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS TRAVELING WEST TO THE WEST PIT DRY THE ACCIDENT O CCURRED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SHIFT
SEE ATTACHMENT-8ECEASED REPORTED TO WORK..FOR THE 5:30PM TO 1:30AM SHIFT.. FROM PRELIM: DRIVING HAUL TRUCK WHEN IT WENT OUT OF CONTROL.EITHER THROWN OR JUMPED FROM VEHICLE AND WAS RUN OVER BY REAR WHEEL. 3
INJURED APPARENTLY FELL FROM A PARKED HAULAGE TRUCK TO GROUND LEVEL AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OVER THE TRUCK SUPERSTRUCTURE. AT SOME POINT IN HIS DECENT HE FELL AND STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS H EAD AND LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A FLAT SURFACE HE WAS FOUND APPROX. 6 FT IN FRONT O THE PARKED TRUCK, LYING ON HIS BACK, WITH ARMS FOLDED OVER HIS CHEST. HIS HARD HAT SOME 4 FT AWAY.
NO 1 & 2 STONE DRYERS WERE OPERATING ON #6 FUEL OIL AND #3 DRYER WAS OPERATING ON NATURAL GAS DURING THE 12 MIDNIGHT TO 8:00 AM SHIFT ON 6/24L83. RAW MATERIAL DEPT INCLUDING THE DRYERS WAS SCH INSURE THAT THE OIL IN THE FUEL LINES FROM THE STORAGE TANK TO THE DRYER BURNERS ARE PURGED OF OIL WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD PLUT THE FUEL LINES. THE FOREMAN PERSONALLY NOTIFIED THE INJURED TO BE