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April 9, 2024 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Flint Sand & Gravel LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

employee was bagging gravel in 100 lb. bags and stacking them on a pallet

September 26, 2011 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Flint Sand & Gravel LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The EE was manually lowering the dumper hopper attachment for the forklift and his index finger was pinched between the hopper handle and the forklift mast.

September 25, 2010 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Flint Sand & Gravel LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was lifting the end of a pipe to place it on the forks of the front end loader when he felt a strain in his back.

May 16, 2008 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Flint Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was cleaning out a bagging machine. There was a hinge plate on the machine that fell on his finger causing a laceration.

October 4, 2005 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Flint Sand & Gravel LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was filling and tying a 100# bag of sand. As he pulled on the top of the bag to lay it down on the conveyor, he felt a pain on the inside of his left elbow.

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