Employee was on cat walk helping pull 5 runs of 535kcmil cables, when the cables started to get stuck they stepped out of hand rail to push cables off hand rail when they did, they did not let go of the 535kcmil. The weight of the cables pulled them off of the deck on to the ground, Resulting in the employee fracturing forearm.
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July 8, 2021
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
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Toro Rock Products · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Toro Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee of Toro Rock Products was moving boulder by hand and pinched middle finger between two rocks. Resulting in Stiches.
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