EMPLOYEE WAS LINING UP A DRIVE MOTOR ON THE BIN VIBRATOR USING A PRY BAR. HE WAS PRYING THE MOTOR OVER WHEN HIS BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE BIN ABOUT 15' TO THE GROUND BELOW. HE LANDED WITH MOST OF HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT FOOT (HEEL). HE ALSO HAS A CUT ON HIS LEFT HAND FROM THE PRY BAR SLIPPING .
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July 11, 1992
ME · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tilcon Maine Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
November 14, 1991
ME · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tilcon Maine Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 2" X 6" BLOCKING UNDER THE LEGS OF TRAILER WITH HAMMER. UPON IMPACT, A FRAGMENT OF WOOD FLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.
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