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May 22, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER THE TRUCK SHOP SERVICE TRUCK WORKING ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WHEN THHE HEAT SHIELD WHICH WAS HOOK TO THE EXHAUST PIPE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE STARTER. THIS STARTED THE TRUCK WHICH RAN OVER THE VICTIMS UPPER CHEST AND HEAD CAUSING WHICH RAN OVER THE VICTIMS UPPER CHEST AND HEAD CAUSING DEATH. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY EQUIPMENT. NO CHOCKS AND EMERG BRAKE NOR AP

March 1, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Mountain Cement Company LLC · Contact with electrical current

VICTIM & ANOTHER EMPL WERE TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEMS WITH ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR. VICTIM ENTERED HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTION BOX WITHOUT PROPERLY DE-ENERGIZING & LOCKING OUT POWER SOURCE. VIC TIM CAME IN CONTACT WITH 30,000 TO 50,000 VOLTS OF D.C. CURRENT.

August 14, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Texas Cement Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPL JACKHAMMERING REFRACTORY BRICK FROM INTERIOR OF KILN WHEN BRICK SLID DOWN RELEASING BRICK FROM CEILING-FALL OF MATERIAL.

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