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December 22, 2014 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preferred Sands of Wisconsin LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner smashed right middle finger while changing tail pulley on belt Conveyor.

August 15, 2013 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preferred Sands of Wisconsin LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While placing a pipe onto a pump, the pipe rolled and pinched left middle finger between two flanges, broken finger

May 21, 2013 WI · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preferred Sands of Wisconsin LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling Sand off of a concrete Pad turned wrong and pulled a muscle in their lateral side of back.

September 13, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preferred Sands of Wisconsin LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE and another employee were trying to flip the undercarriage, when it slipped and fell on his arm. Employee cut wrist, needed sutures.

June 19, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preferred Sands of Wisconsin LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was removing rocks from the rock crusher. One of the rocks shifted and smashed his finger.

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