S & S Aggregate · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS CHANGING A BROKEN LIGHT BULB IN HULL SECTION OF THE DREDGE. HE LACERATED HIS RIGHT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
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April 4, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
S & S Aggregate · Struck by flying object
FOUR PEOPLE WITH ONE OPERATOR WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CONNECTING TOGETHER A SECTION OF 12" PIPE ON THE DREDGE DISCHARGE LINE. THE SECTION BEING CONNECTED WAS ON LAND NEAR THE LAKES EDGE. IN T HE PROCESS THE SWING SURGED CAUSING A 12' CABLE SLING AND CLEVIS TO STRIKE HIM ON THE RIGHT EAR AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD JUST BELOW HIS HARD HAT.
October 9, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Twin Lakes Sand Inc · Fall from machine
OPERATOR SLIPPED FROM STEPS ON 125C LOADER, AND HIT HIS HEAD ON HAND RAIL
July 1, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Lakes Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I REMOVED GUARD (WITHOUT STOPPING FEEDER) WAS PUTTING DOWN GUARD WITH RIGHT HAND AND PUT MY THUMB OF LEFT HAND IN THE PATH OF FEEDER WHEEL. WHEEL RAN OVER CRUSHING THE THUMB.
Twin Lakes Sand Inc · Fall from machine
WHEN CLIMBING UP ON THE SUPPORT STEEL TO T HE FEEDER WHICH WAS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE THE MAN LOST HIS BALANCE AND PLACED LEFT HAND ON THE ROLLER FRAME AT THIS TIME THE THUMB AREA ON HIS HAND WAS PUNCHED TAKING ALL THE SKIN AND MUSCLE OFF THUMB AREA
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