April 15, 2014
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was replacing an electric motor on the head pulley of the conveyor that feeds the north screen in Portable Crusher #2. When the employee was placing the motor into position. The motor slipped and pinched and cut his right hand palm between the electric motor shaft and the gear box. Employee received eight (8) stitches in his right hand palm.