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May 28, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hycroft Resources & Development, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A water truck inadvertently struck a portable toilet which was occupied. The occupant of the portable toilet suffered fatal injuries.

January 12, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Hycroft Resources & Development, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS LOADING ANFO INTO AN ON SITE DELIVERY TRUCK FROM A VERTICAL STORAGE TANK. THE MATERIAL HAD HUNG UP THEN SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE. THE SUDDEN IMPACT SHEARED 20 STRUCTURAL SUPPORT BOLTS CA USING A LOWER PORTION OF THE TANK AND MATERIAL TO CRASH THRU A DECK CRUSHING AND PINNING THE EE BETWEEN THE DECK SUPPORT BEAMS AND THE HANDRAIL.

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