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January 17, 2023 CA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Calportland · Struck against a moving object

EE was involved in a traffic accident on the road that leads to the plant. EE was extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital where EE later died.

September 23, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CalPortland Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE WAS ASKED TO REMOVE SCREWS FROM A METAL ROOF DECK ON THE EAVE OF A ROOF. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THE MINER REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM (JLG AND GOT ON THE ROOF. HE ALSO VI OLATED COMPANYPOLICY IN PROCEEDING TO WORK IN AREAS OF THE ROOF WHILE NOT TIED-OFF. WHILE WORKING ON THE ROOF DECK, NOT IN FRONT OF THE JLG AND WHILE NOT TIED-OFF, HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

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