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February 26, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holnam Inc · Fall from ladders

ACCORDING TO WITNESS, EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD LADDER FROM AN UNKNOWN HEIGHT.

March 13, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Holnam Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IMPROPER PARKING ON SLOPE AND FAILURE TO SET BRAKES

October 29, 1996 SC · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler Fatality · MACHINERY
Holnam Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE VICTIM WAS OPEATING A BACKHOE LOADING WASTE FROM A SETTLEMENT POND INTO HAUL TRUCKS WHEN THE BACKHOE SLIPPED INTO THE POND AND TRAPPED THE VICTIM UNDER WATER.

July 27, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Holnam Inc · Struck by falling object

THE MAN WAS WORKING TO ASSESS AND/OR REMOVEMATERIAL BUILDUP IN A PLUGGED SCREW CONVEYOR LOCATED BENEATH A GAS CONDIITONING SPRAY TOWER. WHILE HE WAS STANDING AT THE OPENING IN THE HOPPER MORE MATERIAL FELL FROM ABOVE INSIDE THE SPRAY TOWER. WHEN IT HIT THE SCREW HOPPER SOME MATERIAL CAME OUT THE OPINING STRIKING THE MAN. THE FORCE PROPELLED HIM ACROSS THE 10' DECK AND TO THE GRO

March 22, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Holnam Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL OPERATING A 15 TON CAB-OPERATED OVERHEAD CRANE.LIFTING A CASE W-20 ENDLOADER WITH A BRICK-KNOCKER ATTACHMENT. AS THE LOAD WAS BEING MOVED FROM THE 1ST FLOOR TO 2ND FLOOR,THE NORTH END OF OVERHEAD CRANE WHERE THE CAB IS LOCATED,BROKE LOOSE FROM ITS SIDERAIL SUPPORT & FELL 30-35'. EMPL WAS THROWN OUT OF CAB ON IMPACT,PRONOUNCED DEAD AT ACCIDENT SCENE.

September 16, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Holnam Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HOT MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE & RAN OVER STAIRWELL WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSISTING IN GATHERING EQUIPMENT & WAS STANDING BY BURNS TO AT LEAST 50 % OF BODY

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