Hi-Grade Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
One employee was holding an electrical box in place while a co-worker was using a drill. The saw slipped and punctured the left thumb of the person holding the electrical box.
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Hi-Grade Materials Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Metal bar broke loose and struck employee in the knee.
Hi-Grade Materials Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was holding the scrapper when co-worker swung the sledge hammer and it slipped striking employee on right hand.
July 9, 2012
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hi-Grade Materials Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Rock stuck between blade and liner of dozer; employee used sledge hammer to dislodge rock. Rock came out and hit his left leg, cutting it.
October 5, 2011
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hi-Grade Materials Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Shoveling on BC19 clearing return roller, shovel hit the return roller and popped up, employees hand was between the shovel and the conveyor and ripped his left pinky finger nail off.
Hi-Grade Materials Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was using a pry tool to lift flexcos off a conveyor belt, tool slipped and hit him on his lower lip resulting in laceration of lower lip and fracture of 3 teeth.
August 2, 2002
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hi-Grade Materials Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOLT HOLES IN THE BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND.
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