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January 22, 1999 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Konza Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DREDGE USING COME-A-LONG FOR REMOVAL-COME-A-LONG SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEE.

July 1, 1997 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Konza Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED, HAND WENT INTO A HOSE CLAMP, WHICH RIPPED OPEN HIS RIGHT HAND 14 STITCHES.

November 25, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Konza Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER WHILE WORKING ON A WASHER WITH A TRACK BAR AND BAR SLIPPED MASHING FINGER BETWEEN WASHER AND BAR.

December 18, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Konza Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHORTENING THE DIGGER CHAIN BY REMOVING ONE LINK. THE CHAIN HAD BEEN SECURED AS THE CHAIN WAS BEING PUT BACK TOGETHER IT SLIPPED ENOUGHT TO GET WORKDER LEFT HAND PINCH ED BETWEEN THE CAHIN AND THE SPROCKET.

September 6, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Konza Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CRANKING THE WINCH TO TIGHTEN THE CABLE TO THE BARGE,AND DURING THE PROCESS OF APPLYING THE STOP TO THE WINCH GEAR.THE STOP JUMPED OUT OF PLACE BEFORE EMPLOYEE HAD THE HANDLE REMOVED.THE HANDLE CAME AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEES LEFT FOREARM.

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