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June 15, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · OTHER
Beco Rock & Sand Corp · Drowning

TRUCK DRIVER WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM THE PIT STOCKPILE TO THE PLANT WHEN APPARENTLY HE BECAME UNCONCIOUS DUE TO AN ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITION, LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND DROVE INT O THE WATER FILLED PIT (LAKE) AND DROWNED.

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