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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 11, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Fnf Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNING V BELT RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHIV & BELT.

July 30, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Fnf Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON WAS CHANGING WEAR PLATES ON LOADER WITH 91" IMPACT WRENCH, HE PUSHED LOOSE BOLT UP WITH HIS L HAND & TURNED NUT WITH WRENCH RESULTING IN A CUT ON HIS L PALM.

March 2, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Fnf Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON EL CANICA EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING UNDER LID HYDRAULICS FAILED AND LID STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SHOULDER.

May 21, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fnf Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

STRUCK AN ARC WITH HIS HOOD WHILE WELDING.

July 9, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fnf Mining · Struck by flying object

WHILE PUTTING BOLTS IN APRON FEEDER WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL GOT LODGED IN THE LEFT EYE.

October 4, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fnf Mining · Struck by flying object

WHILE BUILDING A CHUTE OUT OF STEEL PLATE,PIECE OF DEBRIS BECAME LODGED IN LEFT EYE.

August 3, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
C J Langenfelder & Son Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 IN TOWING HAWSER AS IT WAS BEING LET OUT TO TOW BARGES. HIS LEG WAS CAUGHT IN LINE AND PULLED IT AGAINST THE TOWING BIT BREAKING BOTH BONES ABOVE THE ANKLE ON THE RIGHT LEG, SEVERING THE MA3N ARTERY AND DAMAGING THE SKIN TISSUE EXTENSIVELY.

June 8, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOZER OPER REMO5ING PIN FROM DROP TRAILER,TRUCK DRIVER THOUGHT PINS WERE REMOVED AND STARTED LETTING TRAILER DOWN.WHEN HE DID THE PIN BROKE AND HIT DOZER OPER HAND.BROKE SKIN IN PALM OF HAND AND FINGER. 3

June 27, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
C J Langenfelder & Son Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIPE NIPPLE WITH HIS HAND ONLY AND HIS FINGER WAS GAUGHT BETWEEN THE GRINDER AND THE SAFETY GUARD

January 31, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE HELPING TO DO REPAIR WORK ON CRUSHER EMPLOYEE GOT EYES BURNED FROM WELDING FLASH

October 11, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL CUTTING METAL FOR CHUTE LINERS WHEN PIECE OF METAL DROPPED ON HIS FINGER.

September 19, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PUT HIS HAND ON BEARING HOUSING TO FIND OUT IF IT WAS HEATING WHEN FLYWHEEL HIT HIS HAND CUTTING HIS LEFT FORE FINGER

March 10, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED EE WAS WLEDING ANGLE IRON UNDER CATWALK. HE BENT OVER TO GET UNDER CATWALK & RAN INTO THE ANGLE THAT WAS STICKING OUT CAUSING LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT EAR.

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