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P & S EMPLOYEES BURNED COPPER COILS ON MINE PROPERTY. COILS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE SITE W/O PERMISSION. THE TWO EMPLOYEES HAD STARTED THE FIRE TOCLEAN BANDING OFF THE COPPER. SOMEONE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES HAD CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY 10:30 AM. THE P & S EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY.
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20PM ON 9/17/00 A FATAL POWERHAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EE AGE 57, WAS STRUCK BY FALLING HEAVY METAL PARTS. EE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED STANDUP FORK LIFT WHEN THE MATERIAL FELL FROM AN OVERHEAD STORAGE RACK. A NOTHER CONTR EE HEARD THE SOUND OF FALLING MATERIAL & SAW THAT EE HAD BEEN INJURED. EE NOTIFIED THE MINE SECURITY GUARD WHO NOTIFIED THE CLAY CO