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August 28, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
MacRitchie Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STACKING FLAT ROCK, COWORKER WAS OPERATING LOADER PEELING ROCK. THIS SPUN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK UP, STRUCK EE IN FOREHEAD, CUT FOREHEAD, 7 STITCHES.

June 27, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
MacRitchie Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS STACKING 3" WALL STONE. HE WAS STACKING UP SOME STONE ON ONE CORNER WHEN ANOTHER EE RUNNING A SKID STEER WAS SETTING ANOTHER STONE ON THE PALLET WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF AND PUSHED TWO OTHER STONES ONTO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

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