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October 23, 2023 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
WM. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was cleaning the rock piles out of the shoots. Employee was standing on the cross conveyer doing this. Another employee accidentally activated the conveyer, which caused employee to fall from the conveyer to the ground. They landed on their ankle, and this caused the ankle jam/sprain.

May 23, 2022 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Wm D Scepaniak, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

When lowing the conveyer, they pulled the pins and it was said that everyone was clear, and this was acknowledged by everyone in the area. However, where EE thought EE's hand was safe was not, and the conveyer was lowered onto EE's left hand. Hand was broken by this.

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