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October 25, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Employee was putting left side track on a Cat D3 dozer back together. He was installing a new track pin and struck it with a hammer. A piece of the pin broke off and imbedded in the employees upper left thigh.

December 4, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates Of Southern Iowa Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE CUT LITTLE FINGER WHILE USING A PRY BAR TO CLEAN OUT THE SAND CLASSIFIER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIS FINGER AGAINST THE CLASSIFIER CAUSING A CUT LATER DIAGNOSED AS A BROKEN FINGER.

July 29, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates Of Southern Iowa Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

3 EE'S WERE REPLAICNG HAMMER TIPS ONT HE CEDAR RAPIDS HAMMER MILL. EE WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE OPEN LID OF THE MILL WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS ROTATING THE MILL BY HAND USING A LARGE PIPE WRENCH ON T HE FLY WHEEL. THE HAMMERS WERE AT THE TOP OF THE ROTATION AND THE WRENCH WAS BEING REPOSITIONED WHENT HE HAMMERS FELL OVER CENTER AND ROTATED BACK ONTO EE S FOOT THAT WAS STICKING OUT OVER

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