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September 30, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mayville Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was cleaning up some scrap metal and he was lifting a metal cabinet when the cabinet fell and it fell on his finger. When the cabinet fell it put a deep cut in his finger.

August 6, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mayville Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Reassembling V-screen driveshaft. While adjusting tension on a lift plate using overhead crane, lift plate unexpectedly shifted and pinched tip of thumb under a large nut used to hold lifting plate.

January 16, 2009 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mayville Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Working on Kawasaki loader. Pinched thumb in battery box area of loader. Finger bled due to minor laceration which required stitches provided at local medical clinic by attending physician.

July 18, 2001 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mayville Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SIZE ON CRUSHER. PINCHED TIP OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN CONTROL & CRUSHER.

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