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April 15, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miles Sand and Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

Operator complained of pain in left shoulder. Operator stated that condition was ongoing for some time. The operator asked that he run a different piece of equipment to relieve the symtoms and we complied with his wishes.

November 30, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miles Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

Equipment operator drove loader over pot hole and jarred neck.

November 18, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miles Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CLIMBED UP SIDE OF CONVEYOR TO CLEAN OUT 2ND RECEIVING BOX ON TELESCOPING STACKER WHEN STACKER TELESCOPED IN AND CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN CONVEYOR FRAME. 5TH METATARSAL FRACTURE AND TOE LA CERATION TO RIGHT FOOT. TREATMENT WAS A SPLINT AND SUTURES.

February 1, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Miles Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HOOKING A CHIAN UP TO A LIFTING EYE ON A CONCRETE BLOCK. THE CHAIN WAS HOOKED TO THE BUCKET OF 9 CAT 980 LOADER. THE LOADER OPERATOR PUT TENSION ON THE CHAIN BEFORE HE GOT HIS HANDS CLA EAR. IT PINCHED HIS FINGERS. EE AND OPERATOR LOWERED THE BUCKET, IT BROKE A FINGER AND TOOK SKIN OFF AND A NAIL.

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