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October 18, 1990 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Circle Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A RAIL CAR WITH CEMENT DESPITE BEING GIVEN A SAFETY BELT BY HIS LEADMAN & INSTRUCTIONS TO USE & DESPITE WARNINGS BY WITNESSES TO PUT IT ON IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDEN T HE DID NOT DO SO HE TRIPPED ONTO THE RAIL CAR & FELL INTO THE HATCH HE LATER DIED OF SUFFOCATION

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