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July 19, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WORKING NEAR EDGE OF HIGHWALL FELL 90 FEET AFTER SLIPPING OR STEPPING IN WRONG DIRECTION.

December 8, 1999 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

EMPLOYEE WAS LEVELING PAD FOR DRAGLINE TO EXCAVATE LIMEROCK USING A CAT TRACK DOZER NEXT TO A WATER FILLED PIT THE MACHINE BACKED OVE THE EDGE AND FELL INTO 25 FT OF WATER. EMPLOYEE DIED.

September 29, 1997 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Harper Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

TECHNICIAN FROM AN OUTSIDE TIRE SERVICE COMPANY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A NEW TIRE ON A FRONT END LOADER. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE TIRE FELL ON THE TECHNICIAN, SUBJECTING HIM TO FATAL INJURIES.

July 10, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS TRAPPED IN CHEVROLET C-10 PICK-UP TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING AS THE RESULT OF BEING BACKED OVER BY A CATERPILLAR 775 HAUL TRUCK HE PULLED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TRUCK BEYOND SIGHT OF WHERE H E COULD BE SEEN FROM THE CAB OF THE CAT TRUCK WHEN THE CAT OF THE CAT TRUCK PROCEEDED BACKWARDS IT CRUSHED THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TRAPPING THE DRIVER

December 19, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FATALITY OCCURR9D WHILE EMPL TRYING TO STRING OUT WELDING LEAD ALONG WALKWAY OVER PAIR OF TROMMELS.A LIFTING EYE CAUGHT LEAD AND PULLED EMPL AROUND TROMMEL AND INTO CATCH BASIN BELOW.WATER THE N WASHED EMPL I3TO DRAINAGE DITCH.

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