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September 30, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
WP Operations, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was operating a loader removing sand from underneath a tail section of an incline conveyor. The employee's RT hand came in contact with the belt causing employee to lose control of the loader, driving the loader into the conveyor. Employee sustained a laceration and fractured RT index finger.

April 29, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
WP Operations, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating a Vermeer S450TX in confined quarters and caught EE's left hand between I-beam and the equipment, thus causing a laceration to the palm of the left hand that required stitches.

April 25, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
WP Operations, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a 982 CAT Loader. The employee was traveling down a service road and failed to see that the road had been bermed off due to construction. The employee drove the loader through the berm, which caused the loader to bounce. The employee suffered cuts to the forehead and upper left arm when the side window broke out.

July 27, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
WP Operations, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was operating the walk behind TX 1000 Dingo in #4 re-claim tunnel. As the employee transitioned the machine from the concrete apron to a downhill sloping sandy surface, they were flipped over the top of the machine landing on their face. They suffered a laceration to their face requiring 16 sutures.

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