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July 24, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec Fatality · MACHINERY
Carmeuse L&S · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While loading a face on level 3, NW2, the man basket of the powder truck raised up into the roof of the mine causing a fatal incident. The accident is still under investigation by the operator and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

January 26, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE STONE BUILDUP FROM UNDER SHAFT KILN CARRIAGE COUNTER WEIGHT. HE CLIMBED OVER A GUARD INTO RESTRICTED AREA WHERE THE WEIGHT WAS LOCATED ONLY INCHES OVER HIS HE AD. THE WEIGHT MADE ITS SCHEDULED DESCENT AND EE WAS TRAPPED UNDER IT.

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