I.NAME REPLACED THE SEDIMENT BULB ON STARTING ENGINE OF SHOVEL. SHOVEL OPERATOR THOUGHT I.NAME WAS CLEAR, AND PUSHED STARTED BUTTON, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT ENGAGE. I.NAME HAD HIS HAND ON BELT, AND IT DRAWED HIS HAND INTO PULLEY. IT CUT HIS LEFT HAND AND LITTLE FINGER AT KNUCKLE, REQUIRING SOME SURGERY.
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July 12, 1984
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Binger Quarry · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
June 15, 1983
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Binger Quarry · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWO ROCKS WERE WEDGED TOGETHER IN JAW IN SUCH A MANNER THAT OTHER ROCK WAS NOT FEEDING THRU PROPERLY OPERATOR WAS THROWING ANOTHER ROCK INTO JAW AND HELD ON TO ROCK TOO LONG CAUSING FINGERS TO BE MASHED BY JAW ONE FINGER TIP MASHED PRETTY BAD
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