EE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE MAST ON THE CRUSHER ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE BOOM CABLE BACK IN THE SHEAVE AND USING A PRY BAR WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE LEFT HAND WAS BALANCING THE SHEAVE WHEN THE CABLE CAME DOWN THE OUTSIDE LACERATIN HIS LEFT HAND.
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Miami Crushed Rock Inc · Struck by falling object
March 22, 1988
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Miami Crushed Rock Inc · Struck by flying object
WHILE CHANGING A DRAGLINE CABLE ON 88B, HITTING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, KNOCKING THE WEDGE OUT A PIECE OF DRAGLINE CABLE FLEW OUT AND STRUCK IN HIS LEFT LEG.
Miami Crushed Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME WAS PULL3NG ON A JACK HANDLE IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET AND THE HANDLE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH
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