Hi there,
A new type of slave crash (not related to python! yay!! 
Event viewer crash report:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 8/21/2013 6:27:37 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: lapro0316
Description:
Faulting application name: deadlineslave.exe, version: 6.1.0.52340, time stamp: 0x5213a7d2
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17725, time stamp: 0x4ec4aa8e
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x00000000000c40f2
Faulting process id: 0x1680
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce9ec8535dee19
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline6\bin\deadlineslave.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 070f96d3-0aca-11e3-acc4-003048c6b837
Event Xml:
1000
2
100
0x80000000000000
4595
Application
lapro0316
deadlineslave.exe
6.1.0.52340
5213a7d2
ntdll.dll
6.1.7601.17725
4ec4aa8e
c0000374
00000000000c40f2
1680
01ce9ec8535dee19
C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline6\bin\deadlineslave.exe
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
070f96d3-0aca-11e3-acc4-003048c6b837
Last lines of the log:
2013-08-21 18:27:14: 0: STDOUT: Wed Aug 21 18:27:14 2013 (+1450ms) : Loading plugin: Mayatomr
2013-08-21 18:27:14: 0: STDOUT: mental ray for Maya 2012
2013-08-21 18:27:14: 0: STDOUT: mental ray: version 3.9.1.48, Dec 7 2011, revision 162457
2013-08-21 18:27:15: 0: STDOUT: Wed Aug 21 18:27:14 2013 (+765ms) : Scanline Pipeline Maya Setup Complete!
2013-08-21 18:27:16: 0: STDOUT: File read in 0 seconds.
2013-08-21 18:27:35: 0: STDOUT: File read in 19 seconds.
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: STDOUT: File read in 0 seconds.
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: STDOUT: File read in 0 seconds.
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: WARNING: Strict error checking on, ignoring the following unrecognized error or warning. If it is fatal, please email support@thinkboxsoftware.com with the error message.
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: STDOUT: Error: No object matches name: steamFluidShape
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: WARNING: Strict error checking on, ignoring the following unrecognized error or warning. If it is fatal, please email support@thinkboxsoftware.com with the error message.
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: STDOUT: Error: An execution error occured in the expression expression4.
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: STDOUT: Result: //inferno2/projects/common/pipeline/submission_queue/2013_08_21/tmpqdyiva.ma_18_26_33_202/tmpqdyiva.ma
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: STDOUT: mel: READY FOR INPUT
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: INFO: Rendering with file
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: INFO: Creating melscript to execute
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: INFO: Initializing Scanline Commands
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: INFO: Executing script: S:\Temp\tmp7128.tmp
2013-08-21 18:27:36: 0: INFO: Waiting for script to finish