Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object
He was cutting with a cut torch and he had on his dark safety glasses. A piece of rusty metal hit his forehead and fell down into the corner of his eye.
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May 15, 2013
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by flying object
Rock sliding down a metal shoot going into a shaker and a rock came off and hit employee in the eye. Employee didn't have his safety glasses on.
July 6, 2012
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Contact with heat
He was operating a front end loader and got too hot.
June 13, 2012
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by falling object
Employee was working under dump truck with gravel in it when the driver inadvertently released the tail gate latch with the bed in the down position. Some gravel fell out as the employee was picking up tools behind the truck and gravel struck him. There was no sign of injury until 12 days later when the employee went to the doctor after having pain. Worker is on light duty.
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