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April 16, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SRM Aggregates, Inc. · Fall from machine

DRIVER CLIMBED ON BACK TIRE OF TRUCK TO FINISH TARPING HIS LOAD AND SLIPPED & FELL OFF TRUCK HITTING HIS HEAD

January 13, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Cox Rock Products, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THE EE WAS FOUND APPARENTLY CLEANING OUT TRAILER. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND HIS COAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE GATES.

March 14, 1995 AL · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates Southeast Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE TRUCK WAS OBSERVED STARTING DOWN THE RAMP INTO THE QUARRY. IT APPEARED TO BE GOING FASTER THAN TRUCKS USUALLY TRAVEL DOWN THE RAMP. THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 300 FEET TO THE FIRST CURVE WHE RE IT OVERTURNED. THE DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING THESEATBELT.

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