Employee was changing the top deck screen and the pin came out, hit on the shaker and bounced back and hit him in the head - The doctor glued the laceration.
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February 2, 2012
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boyd Sand & Gravel Ltd · Struck by flying object
April 3, 2007
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
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Boyd Sand & Gravel Ltd · Struck by falling object
After helping clear an obstruction in the feeder hopper, employee was struck in the head to the rear of his hard hat by a rock that fell off the conveyor. Employee came to the office and asked for asprin and told what happened. He said he was o.k. and returned to work. One and one half hours later he asked to go to the doctor for x-rays, etc.
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