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Hagerstown Plant Fined For Fatal Accident

By: Patricia Martellotti
Updated: October 12, 2012
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HAGERSTOWN, MD - Federal safety workers have wrapped up their investigation into the death of a worker at a Hagerstown cement plant.

Herman Weaver was working at Holcim plant when he backed a skid steer loader into a stream bed and drowned.

The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration said the accident was due, in part, to the management's failure to follow adequate safety precautions.

They said the company should have put up warning signs near the water hole.

They issued two citations against Holcim.

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