Employee was reaching in the back of the semi-trailer, the wind was blowing and the door blew shut on employee squishing him between the trailer frame and door. He complained of upper left chest pains.
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April 24, 2014
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
OTHER
H-K Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
H-K Contractors Inc · Struck by flying object
UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE SAID WIND WAS BLOWING HARD THAT DAY AND SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE THOUGHTIT WOULD COME OUT. A FEW DAYS LATER HE WENT TO DOCTOR AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED.
January 28, 2000
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
OTHER
H-K Contractors Inc · Struck by falling object
A LARGE CHUNK OF FROZEN DIRT & ROCK FELL FROM THE CONVEYOR ONTO EE STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD NEAR HIS LEFT EAR.
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