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2000–2026
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November 17, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was assisting another employee reconnect a hoist jack to boom on a 988 Cat loader. The employee was holding the jack in line, while the other employee was lifting the jack with a service crane. The chain slipped allowing the crane rope to swing. The winch block struck the employee in the head resulting in a laceration. Treated at E.R.

October 28, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK. WHILE HE WAS BEING LOADED A ROCK FELL FROM THE LOADER BUCKET & SPLASHED MUD INTO HIS LEFT EYE. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. WHERE THEY FLUSHED HIS EYE & HE RETURNED TO WORK.

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