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October 1, 2004 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Wilder Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

1) The employee was standing with one foot on the framework of a conveyor and the other on a ledge of a tunnel. 2) The employee was elevated off the ground. 3) The conveyor was running while performing maintenance. 4) He suffered an almost severed pinky finger, lasceration on the palm, belt abrasions and swelling on shoulder and elbow.

June 21, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wilder Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS JARRED IN THE SEAT OF THE LOADER HE WAS OPERATING. LOADER RAN OVER AN UNEVEN SURFACE CAUSING THE SEAT TO BOUNCE

April 28, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wilder Construction Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THE LABORER WAS SHOVELING A CONVEYOR THAT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY LOCKED OUT. THE BELT WAS ENERGISED AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE TAIL PULLEY.

May 9, 2001 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wilder Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO SET UP ROCK CRUSHER. A 988B LOADER BUCKET WAS POSITIONED OVER A CONVEYOR THAT WAS ALREADY SET IN PLACE WITH TAIL SECTION ON BLOCKS. WHEN LOADER STARTED TO BACK UP, THE TOOTH ON BUCKET HOOKED CONVEYOR FORCING IT OFF BLOCKS. EMPLOYEE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER SCREEN TRAILER- HER LEG GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND SCREEN TRAILER.

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