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December 16, 1987 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with electrical current

I,NAME AND THRE9 EMPLOYEES WERE REVERSING ELECTRICAL ROTATION ON A 250 H.P. MOTOR, I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTED OVER A FENCED TRANSFORMER GROUP WITH A FRONT-END LOADER. THE OVERHEAD F EED TO THE TRAN8FORMERS HAD NOT BEEN DISCONNECTED. I,NAME CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE OVERHEAD FEED TO THE TRANSFORMER WHILE REPLACING FUSED CUT-OUTS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

September 8, 1987 NE · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME AND I NA4E EMPLOYEES OF THE OL&B RAILROAD, WERE CUTING UP A RAILROAD CAR, WORKING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CAR. I NAME HEARD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR FALL. HE THEN SAW I NAME LYING UNDER THE CAR S3DE. I NAME WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED 9 12 87

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