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June 27, 2006
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee shut down Megatex then using a pry bar, pushed Megatex over and reached into pipe with right hand to remove obstruction. Pry bar slipped causing Megatex to slide back over employee's right hand. Right wrist and hand were lacerated and smashed.
May 19, 2006
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
master electrician
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Kinder Sand Company LLC
· Contact with electrical current
A master electrician was fatally injured while trouble-shooting 460 volt electric motor. (question #26: experience at this mine TWO hours.)
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER A PART OF THE PLANT TO GO TURN OFF A VALVE. HE DUCKED UNDER A PIPE. HE DID NOT DUCK DOWN FAR ENOUGH AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE HANDLE OF A VALVE. THE HANDLE WENT UND ER THE BRIM OF HIS HARD HAT AND STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD. HE RECEIVED A 2" LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
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