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November 18, 2013 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee placed his left hand in door jam of loader, door wasn't securely latched which allowed the door to slam shut breaking his finger.

July 25, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was repairing roller belts. Hand was drawn in and pressed between roller and conveyor belt.

March 28, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregates West Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was cleaning up floor pit with a loader. He hit a rock which stopped the loader - seat belt came lose and the employee hit his head on the windshield and his stomach hit the steering wheel causing some bruising.

November 17, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Material in a cone discharge conveyor tailpully caused the belt to stop, the plant operator radioed ee to check out the belt. He climbed up on the plant grabed the drive belts to turn the conveyor backword by hand to clean the tailpulley out. As he did the plant operator started the conveyor.His thumb went arond the Vee Belt Pulley severing the tip of his thumb.

August 12, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregates West Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a loader and hit a pothole and claims his back hurts. He went to the doctor but has continued working full time.

December 11, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING A TAIL PULLEY AND WRENCH CAME OFF AND GOT ON TAIL PULLEY THEN HTI MY HAND.

August 31, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

CHAIN SADDLE ON BUCKET OF LOADER PULLED ON CHAIN TO ALIGN SADDLE W/PICK POINT BUCKET APPROX 10' OFF GROUND WHEN CHAIN SADDLE PEEPLED OFF BUCKET EDGE AND FELL TOWARDS HEAD AREA AND IN THE PROCE SS OF WARDING OFF THE BLOW W/RIGHT ARM ELBOW WAS IMPACTED RECEIVING THE DAMAGE.

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