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October 17, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lake County Road Commission · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JACKING TONGUE OF CRUSHER WITH HYDRAULIC JACK--WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE TONGUE ON JACK, TONGUE ROLLED JACK PINCHING EE'S RIGHT THUMB.

April 3, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lake County Road Commission · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE FROZEN GRAVEL FROM THE CHUTE OF OUR GRAVEL CRUSHR AND THE HOPPER DOOR CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE LEG, BRUISING IT.

August 6, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lake County Road Commission · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WORKING ON CRUSHER #96 WITH PRY BAR AND BAR SLIPPED PINCHING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN METAL.

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