EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED REMOVING A 24"X24" MAN HOLE COVER AT THE TOP OF A 27 FT. HIGH LIME SILO, THE SILO WAS UNDER PRESSURE, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 16 OZ HAMMER TO LOOSEN THE COVER, DO TO THE EXTREN E PRESSURE IN THE SILO THE COVER CAME OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE DEAD.
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July 19, 1991
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Usmx Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
June 7, 1988
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Usmx Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PUG MILL NOT LOCKED OUT WAS ENERGIZED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING INSIDE PUG MILL ADVERSE TO INSTRUCTIONS.
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