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May 22, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The crew was changing a bearing on the sand stacker. The come-along was being used it snapped and hit employees hand, took a chunk out of index finger on left hand.

November 20, 2000 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Tri-City Paving, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE CONE GOT PLUGGED WITH ROCK & DIRT (FROZEN). EE USED A PRY BAR TO UNPLUG IT. THE BAR SNAPPED, SPRINGING BACK AND HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND POINTER FINGER.

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