Replacement of shaker screen on the top deck of the wash plant. A torch was used to heat the bolts on the screen. It was found that two of the bolts could be removed with an impact gun. While torch cutting the first remaining bolt, it broke free and struck EE in the forehead under the brim of EE's hardhat.
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July 25, 2025
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Barre Stone Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 10, 2020
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Barre Stone Products Inc · Struck against a moving object
Accident victim was operating 329 Excavator loading out overburden from an exposed face. The material under the right side track shifted and caused the excavator to slide down the slope landing about 15 LF below.
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