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October 14, 2009 IL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reliable Materials Lyons LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A non-employee unlawfully gained access to Reliable Materials Lyons, LLC's private property and apparently committed suicide by leaping from a high wall. The body was found by a Lyons, Illinois police officer. MSHA employees were on the site for an annual inspection and were notified immediately.

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