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November 12, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNLOADING MATERIAL TO ADJUST HAUL WEIGHT AFTER DUMPING SOME MATERIAL OFF. DRIVER FOUND A ROCK STUCK BETWEEN THE TAILGATE & BED, SHE REACHED IN & PULLED ROCK OUT CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO CLOSE ONTO HER RIGHT HAND.

July 14, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER OPERATOR CLEANING UP SPILLAGE MATERIAL. HE TWISTED TO SIDE AND THREW BACK OUT OF PLACE.

April 17, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING HYDRAULIC HOIST CYLINDER OFF R-50 EUCLID TRUCK. PRESSING TOP HOIST PIN OUT TO REMOVE CYLINDER, PIN POPPED OUT & CYLINDER TILTED BACKWARDS PINNING LEFT FOREARM AGAINST REAR DIFFERENTIA L.

April 14, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sylvester Material Co Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING THE BACK PLATE OF THE NORDBERG SCREEN PLANT TO INSTALL NEW SCREENS. THEYUNBOLTED THE PLATE AND STARTED TO REMOVE THE PL ATE WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF THEIR HANDS RESULTING IN A BLUNT FORCE INJURY TO EEMPLOYEE'S FOREARM WHEN IT FELL.

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