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273,193
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2000–2026
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March 26, 2014 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
FNF Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL CUTTING EDGES ON BULLDOZER, BOLT SPUN IN HIS HAND AND LACERATED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

June 22, 2012 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
FNF Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONVEYOR STOPPED ALLOWING TAIL PULLEY TO GET BURIED BY OVER FLOW MATERIAL. THE EMPLOYEE LOCK OUT THE PANEL, REMOVED THE GUARD TO ACCESS AREA AND PROCEEDED TO CLEAR MATERIAL. ENOUGH MATERIAL WAS CLEARED OUT WHICH ALLOWED THE BELT TO SHIFT CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET PULLED INTO TAIL PULLEY.

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