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Virginia lime plant accident: 1 dead, 1 injured after worker becomes trapped
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An accident at a lime plant in Virginia left one individual lifeless and one other individual injured, officers stated.
On Monday, Giles County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies have been dispatched to Lhoist Chemical Lime Plant in Giles County at roughly 3:58 p.m., once they have been made conscious of an worker who was trapped inside an excavator that had fallen over onto its aspect, Fox 8 WFXR reported.
Giles County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies have been dispatched to help an worker who was trapped inside an excavator on the Lhoist Chemical Lime Plant in Giles County, Virginia, on Monday, June 20, 20222.
(Rhian Lowndes/WFXR Information)
The responding officers discovered a second worker on the scene with minor lime chemical burns, which he obtained as he tried to assist the trapped employee and was injured within the course of, they stated.
The injured worker was handled on the scene by first responders.
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By the point rescue staff have been capable of get to the trapped worker, he was pronounced deceased, Fox 8 WFXR reported.
A contractor was killed on the Lhoist Chemical Lime Plant in Giles County, Virginia on Monday, June 20, 20222.
(Rhian Lowndes/WFXR Information)
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Different staff on the mine have been capable of get to security and have all been accounted for, officers stated.
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The 2 staff who have been harmed within the incident have been Gillman Companies, Inc. staff, who present contracting companies to the mine.