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November 13, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle-Superlite · Struck by flying object

Two employees were removing a front windshield panel in a D9H rops when the safety glass broke and cut the employee on the upper lip, causing a 1" laceration. Cold weather is assumed to be the cause of the break in the glass. He was administered first-aid. The employee was transported to a medical facility and received 5 stitches and no type of pain medication. Released to work.

May 31, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Young Block Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS HELPING CRUSHER OPERATOR PUT DRIVE BELTS ON THIS EQUIPMENT. GUARD HOUSING FOR COUNTER WEIGHT WHEEL CAUSED LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM.

September 24, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle-Superlite · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD A ROCK LODGED IN THE TAILGATE AND WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE THE ROCK BY LIFTING THE TAILGATE. THE EE CAUGHT RIGHT RING FINGER IN TAILGATE AND FRACTURED IT.

January 25, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal coal strip operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle-Superlite · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD COMPLETED REPAIRS ON HIS DUMP TRUCK, WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE CHOCK UNDER LEFT REAR TIRE BY KICKING IT. UPON RAISING HIS LEG, HE FELT HIS KNEE POP AND COULD NOT FULLY STRAIGHTEN LEG.

August 20, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle-Superlite · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RAILROAD CARS WITH CINDERS, STEPPED ACROSS FROM ONE CAR TO ANOTHER, MISSED STEP STRUCK KNEE AGAINST CAR. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS FLOATING BODY IN THE KNEE MAY REQUIRE SURGERY.

October 26, 1989 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle-Superlite · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CINDERS WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED UNDER CONVEYOR AND SPRAINED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING.

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