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May 9, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
New Riverside Ochre Company Incorporated · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was cleaning iron oxide (umber) from inside the bottom cone of the bag house; inserted right hand into enclosed chute leading to moving air lock; fingertip of right index finger was partially amputated.

July 10, 2012 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
New Riverside Ochre Company Incorporated · Struck against a moving object

A 22 ton rough terrain crane was traveling up an incline on a dirt access road when the crane stalled, lost power and steering, rolled back into the berm on the dirt road, turning over the crane and trapping the operator inside.

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