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October 4, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSPECTING S.B.M (CRUSHER)ROT0R. HE HAD HIS HAND PUSHING THE ON A BLOW BAR TO ROLL THE ROTOR. WHENTHE ROTOR ROLLED BACK TO WHERE THE BLOW BAR WAS ONTOP, THE BLOW BAR FELL INO ITS SEAT IN THE ROTOR, WHEN IT MOVED TO ITS SEAT, HIS FINGER WAS CRUSHED AND HE IMMEDIATELY UPLLED IT OUT.

August 7, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING SOME PCV PIPE, THE PIPE SWUNG BACKAND THE EE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO STOP THE PIPE AND THE PIPE JAMMED HIS FINGER-RESULTING IN HIS FINGER BEING BROKEN

April 30, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS IN JAW CRUSHER REPLACING WEAR PARTS WHENWEAR PART THAT WAS SET IN PLACE AND HELD BY A BLOCK OF WOOD SHIFTED AND CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN WEARPART AND SIDE OF JAW.

February 11, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING ANOTHER EE WORK ON DRIVE LINE ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WOOD SUPPORT POPPED OUT AND HIT HIM ON RIGHT EYEBROW.

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