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1983–2026
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July 24, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camas Minndak Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ADN EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING CLAY BUILD UP OFF A SCREEN DECK USING A BAR AND HAMMER. EE WAS HOLDING HTE BAR, EE WAS HITTING PT WITH THE HAMMER. THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF BAR AND HITTING EE ON FOREHEAD.

November 9, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAND SLIPPED OFF OF HIS WRENCH WHILE HE WAS TIGHTENINING A BOLT.

August 7, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT UP A SIGN AND WAS CUT.

May 20, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING ADJ ON TAIL PULLY TO REPAIR A SPLICE HE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON WRENCH WHENSOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT & HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SMALL FINGER ON TAIL PULLY GUARD EMPLOYEE HAD LACERATI ON ON LEFT SMALL FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES

March 13, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & M Aggregates Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHIPPED TOOTH WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT AT HEAD LEVEL WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED OFF OF NUT.

January 23, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TIGHTEN 6" NUT OVERHEAD WITH PIPE WRENCH, SLIPPED AND HIT FINGER AND WRENCH AGAINST CRUSHER WALL.

January 13, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT SPLICE ON CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING EDGE OF BELTING WITH BELT KNIFE IN RT HAND & CUT LEFT WRIST WITH KNIFE IN PROCESS CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES ON LEFT WRIST

October 3, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PRYING A SCREEN CALMP WHEN IT LOSSENED. HIS THUMB WAS BETWEEN PRY BAR AND SPRAY BAR.

September 27, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Struck against stationary object

DOOR OF CRUSHER 34 SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT ON ROLL TO TURN AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS IN CRUSHER WITH PIPE WRENCH TRYIN GTO TURN ROLL.

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