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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 21, 1994 SD · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Hills Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PERFORMING CLEAN UP WITH BOBCAT SKID STEER LOADER WITH ATTACHMENT FOR CLEANING UNDER CONVEYORS. THE ATTACHMENT SLIPPED, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.

April 8, 1992 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hills Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

OPER LOADER IT RAN OVER LG ROCK WHICH JAMMED BACK

May 9, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hills Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AREWA AROUND CRUSHER WITH BOBCAT LOADER HE RAISED BUCKET WITH LOAD TOO HIGH & THE BOBCAT TIPPED FORWARD EMPLOYEE STRUCK RT SHOULDER ON ROPS

January 12, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Hills Materials Company · Fall from machine

THE CONVEYOR BELT BECAME JAMMED BECAUSE OF LARGE CHUNKS OF FROZEN CLAY. EMPLOYEE PICKING LARGE CHUNKS OFF CONVEYOR BELT IN AN EFFORT TO FREE CONVEYOR BELT. THE CONVEYOR BELT STARTED UNEXCPECTE DLY WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO FALL APPROX. 6'5". INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE INCLUDE SMALL CUT OVER EYE, ABRASIONS TO FACE, AND BRUISED RIBS.

February 4, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hills Materials Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL RUNNING BOBCAT CLEANING UP CRUSHING SPREAD NOT REPORTED TO MSHA

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