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May 5, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY

Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object

He was cutting with a cut torch and he had on his dark safety glasses. A piece of rusty metal hit his forehead and fell down into the corner of his eye.

May 15, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object

Rock sliding down a metal shoot going into a shaker and a rock came off and hit employee in the eye. Employee didn't have his safety glasses on.

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