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December 3, 1999 WI · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AN IRON DEFLECTOR CAME OFF THE END OF THE CONVEYOR, CAUGHT DAYS SLEEVE AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

August 1, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTS HE WAS CLEANING STONE FROM RETURN ROLLERS ON CONVEYOR AFTER REPAIRS WHEN HIS GLOVE BECAME ENTAGLED WITH CONVEYOR BELT DRAWING ARM OVER A ROW OF IDLER PULLEYS.

May 21, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STACKING CONVEYOR BEING RAISED TO PLACE BLOCKING UNDERNEATH.I.NAME SIGNALED LOADER OPER TO LOWER CONVEYOR AND HIS HAND WAS WHERE THE CONVEYOR WAS BEING PLACED.HE STOPPED THE OPER IN TIME TO HA VE ONLY GOTTEN PINCHED.

October 13, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck by falling object

WHILE LIFTING A SHEET OF IRON WITH LOADER AND CHAIN THE EYE BROKE LOOSE FROM THE SHEET OF IRON CAUSING IT TO DROP. HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE SHEET AT THE TIME AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN IT STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT ARM CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE RIGHT BICEP AND FOREARM WITH BRUISES.

July 28, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE

I,NAME WAS REPAIRING A ROLLER ON THE CONVEYOR WHILE RESTING ON THE BELT. A TROCKER DROVE HIS DUMP TRUCK UNDER THE CONVEYOR TO LOAD. WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WORKING ON THE CONVEYOR. THE TRUCK DRIVE TURNED THE BELT ON. I,NAME WAS COVNEYED UP AND DUMPED INTO THE DUMP BOX.

July 9, 1983 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Arthur Overgaard Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING END LOADER AT PIT, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND THE LOADER TIPPED OVER ANDROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO LOADER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BROKEN PELVIS, COLLARBONE & THU MB.

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