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February 19, 2020 AR · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SamSand LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee received partial fingertip amputation, crush injury to finger and open fracture of distal phalanx of right hand when positioning forks on a Cat 1255D Telehandler. Forks were pushed out by employee who had a hand behind forks and when they swung back, fingers were caught between forks and mast.

April 15, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SamSand LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was placing cribbing under a pipe and right ring finger was pinched between pipe and cribbing miners hand was positioned on end of cribbing and EE jammed fingers into pipe

April 23, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SamSand LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While repairing pump on pontoon, employee struck bridge of nose with angle iron while bending over in water. Root cause was lack of awareness of surroundings.

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