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February 26, 2018 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SCI Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The miner was replacing the turn table on SCI's VSI crusher. When pushing the heavy table into place, EE sprained EE's knee.

August 16, 2017 FL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SCI Materials, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

SCI Materials's mechanic was preparing to jack up a stacking conveyor using a handheld 20 ton bottle jack. A vehicle was parked underneath the stacker. As the conveyor was jacked up it slowly tilted forward. The support beam of the stacker gently rested onto the hood of the vehicle, causing minimal damage to the hood and windshield. No injuries occurred.

June 5, 2017 FL · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
SCI Materials, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

At 10 am on Monday, June 5th a Cat 773B 50 ton haul truck was backed up to a Linkbelt 350 excavator. While being loaded, an air valve gave way on the truck. This caused the brakes to go out, and the driver backed into the Excavator. The haul truck and driver suffered no damage/injury. The excavator and operator suffered minor damage/minor injury.

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