Laborer was cleaning up next to the screen. A football sized rock bounced out of the screen and across the catwalk falling on the back of the employee's hard hat. The employee suffered a glancing blow to his head. He is on restricted duty for one week.
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November 12, 2005
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A & K Earth Movers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A & K Earth Movers Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
STRAIN BACK AND KNEE WHILE LIFTING ONE END OF A SPREADER BAR.
March 15, 2001
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A & K Earth Movers Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF STEEP STRAP OUT OF THE BACK OF A SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE TURNED AND STRAINED HIS BACK. LOWER BACK. STRAP MAY HAVE WEIGHED 20-30 LBS.
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