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January 19, 2006 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Blount Springs Materials Co Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was cleaning around conveyor belts when small diameter rock fell from conveyor striking him in back of neck.

December 15, 2000 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blount Springs Materials Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START A RANGER PICKUP TRUCK BY POURING GAS INTO THE CARBURATOR. THE TRUCK RAN OUT OF GAS ADJACENT TO THE QUARRY FUELING AREA. A ROCK TRUCK WAS REFUELED. THE DRIVER OF THE ROCK TRUCK PROCEEDED TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE PICKUP WAS IN THE ROCK TRUCK DRIVER'S BLIND SPOT. ROCK TRUCK HIT THE PICKUP KNOCKING THE EE TO THE GROUND AND RAN OVER HIM.

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