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March 6, 2025 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ADO Industries Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Worker was shoveling spilled material underneath an enclosed conveyor and, forgetting that they were under the conveyor, stood up quickly and hit the back of their head on a sample valve that extended out of the bottom of the enclosed conveyor.

January 8, 2024 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ADO Industries Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Worker was cutting bags filled with barite above the hopper feeding the mill conveyor. While cutting the bags, the liner fell out of the outer bag (with material still in the liner) leading to the material banging the workers arm against the handrail.

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