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May 23, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CONVEYOR BELT EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN WA500 KOMATSU LOADER AND CONVEYOR BELT LINE RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

January 27, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper Fatality · MACHINERY
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

WHEN POSITIONING THE DRILL, THE RIGHT REAR LEVELING FOOT SANK INTO A MUD SEAM ALLOWING THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. THE DRILL SLID OVER THE EDGE OF HIGHWALL AND THE ROCK LEDGE CRUSHED THE DRILL OPER ATORS COMPARTMENT CAUSING DEATH OF DRILL OPERATOR.

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