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February 15, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-City Aggregates Inc · Struck by falling object

Ice/mud buildup on outside of dump trailer fell off while trailer was elevated. Employee was walking by side of trailer and the ice/mud struck him on the top of the head. Employee not wearing hard hat. Small laceration resulted (required 3 staples to close) along with closed head injury without loss of consciousness.

November 9, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-City Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OOPERATING LOADER IN SECOND GEAR WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE EMERGENCY AIR BRAKES ACTIVATED. THE SEAT BELTS RESTRAINED HIM BUT HIS WEIGHT WAS ALSO SHIFTED TO HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING L EFT KNEE STRAIN.

August 11, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-City Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR ALLEGES THAT THE LOADER DID NOT COME WITH THE OPTIONAL RIDE CONTROL AND HENCE HE BOUNCES IN THE SEAT WHICH HE CLAIMS HAS STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 8, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-City Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WITH FRONTEND LOADER HE RELEASED THE BRAKE & HIT AIR SHOT OUT & BURNT HIS RT FINGERS 3RD 4TH & 5TH

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