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EE WAS OPERATING PC400 KOMATSU EXCAVATOR BY THE 530 LEVE SW QUARRY WALL, WHEN A LARGE ROCK STRUCK THE BUCKET & SLID DOWN THE ARM, STRIKING THE OPERATOR'S CAB. FATALLY INJURING THE OPERATOR.
EMPLOYEE OPERATING MOBILE SWEEPER WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH WHEN HE ENTERED A RAILROAD LOADING TUNNEL THAT WAS ACTIVE. A STRING OF FIVE LOADED RAIL CARS WAS PUSHED BY A LOCOMOTIVE INTO THE AREA WHE RE HIS SWEEPER WAS. THE SWEEPER WAS PUSHED BACKWARDS BY THE END RAIL CAR UNTIL IT STRUCK A BUILDING COLUMN AND THE CAB CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE DIED IN THE CAB.
NO 1 & 2 STONE DRYERS WERE OPERATING ON #6 FUEL OIL AND #3 DRYER WAS OPERATING ON NATURAL GAS DURING THE 12 MIDNIGHT TO 8:00 AM SHIFT ON 6/24L83. RAW MATERIAL DEPT INCLUDING THE DRYERS WAS SCH INSURE THAT THE OIL IN THE FUEL LINES FROM THE STORAGE TANK TO THE DRYER BURNERS ARE PURGED OF OIL WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD PLUT THE FUEL LINES. THE FOREMAN PERSONALLY NOTIFIED THE INJURED TO BE