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1983–2026
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November 5, 2022 TN · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator Fatality · OTHER
CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Employee was operating front end loader in the coal shed. For unknown reasons employee left the loader and was engulfed in the coal pile near the grizzly bars for the feeding system.

May 14, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting drill head from drill steel. Cutting operation resulted in fragmentation of drill steel. EE was struck by drill steel fragment resulting in his death.

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