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May 4, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal auger helper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN PULLEYS ON CRUDE ORE LONG BELT LEADING TO STORAGE TANKS, WHEN HE WAS PULLED INTO A PINCH POINT USING BROKEN HANDLE HOE TO SCRAPE THE PULLEY, SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN DE-ENGERG IZED OR LOCKED OUT AND WAS STILL IN OPERATION

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