EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO OPEN BIN GATE TO ALLOW GRAVEL TO RUN DOWN SHUTE GATE WOULD NOT OPEN SO EMPLOYEE JERKED ON LEVER SO HARD HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN LEVER AND GATE CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT HAND HE WAS TREATED AND RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY
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October 4, 1983
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Francis Material Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
July 12, 1983
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Francis Material Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING MACHINE ATTEMPTING TO PULL SLACK OUT OF HOSE. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF HOSE & BUMPED AGAINST EJECTOR ARM ON MACHINE RESULTING IN A BRUISE ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
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