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Years on record
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November 29, 2023 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Co, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Laceration to right index finger when shoveling ice off plant.

January 5, 2023 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Company · Struck by flying object

Working on the dredge a piece of rust entered employee's right eye.

July 15, 2021 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Helical anchor wire got caught up in spud wire and became wedged. Worker entered water to free stuck cable. EE struck anchor wire with hammer freeing spud causing EE's leg to become pinned between the cable and the spud.

December 28, 2020 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Co, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee struck left index finger with a hammer. EE did not seek treatment until 12/29/2020

November 29, 2017 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tightening hydraulic line on excavator when the ratchet wrench slipped out of ee's hand and struck ee on the forehead above the eyebrow.

December 16, 2016 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

poor judgement; fractured right index finger

June 25, 2012 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Co, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Tightening packing on booster pump, his wrench slipped and he hit his right shoulder on the pump.

January 10, 2011 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pulling on wrench slipped off the bolt and caused hand to get pinched between the frame of the haul truck and wrench.

October 13, 2003 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Co, LLC · Struck against stationary object

TIGHTENING THE BELT TENSIONS WITH A PIPE WRENCH, THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS LEFT WRIST TO HIT THE GUARD. SEVERAL SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE GASH.

June 18, 2002 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clayton Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RE-SPLICING A BELT, THE RAZOR KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE BELT INTO HIS RIGHT LEG.

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