Quarry personnel were performing a steel change, concave for cone crusher. New concave placed on blocks of wood at the crusher before using the crane to place in crusher. A block of wood got knocked out and a miner's foot was underneath when it tipped and trapped right foot. The weight of the concave broke big toe.
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June 12, 2020
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker
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Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Struck by falling object
August 29, 2017
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
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Frank W Whitcomb Construction Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Customer driving a 4 axle dump truck could not get tailgate closed after being loaded with gravel. Driver used hand instead of a hand-held tool to free a rock that was preventing latch from closing. Upon removal of the rock the latch closed on the driver's hand removing skin from the area between pointer finger and thumb.
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