WHILE REPAIRING CONVEYOR BELT, EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT TO THE HAND RAIL IN ORDER TO STEP DOWN TO THE CATWALK, WHEN DOING SO, THE HAND RAIL GAVE AWAY WITH HIS WEIGHT CAUSING HIM TO GO OVER THE SID E APPROXIMATELY 22' (TWENTY-TWO FEELT) TO THE GROUND LANDING IN NEARLY A SEATED POSITION.
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May 31, 1991
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maryland Materials Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
June 18, 1990
MD · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Maryland Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO ADJUST BELT THAT CARRIES STONE FROM JAW CRUSHER WHILE BELT WAS IN MOTION VICTIM PULLED IN TO THE BELT BETWEEN BELT AND TAKE UP ROLLER. VICTIM SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJURIES
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