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November 20, 1985 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shoffner Sand Of Oklahoma Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE LOST H3S FOOTING DUE TO MUD ON HIS BOOTS AS HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO THE CAB OF THE FRONT END LOADER HE NORMALLY OPERATES AND FELL AGAINST THE CAB PLATFORM

June 10, 1985 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shoffner Sand Of Oklahoma Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE ENGAGED IN CHANGING PCS OF SCREEN CLOTH ON VIBRATING SCREEN INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD CLOSED TRAP DOOR IN WALKWAY AROUND VIBRATING SCREEN (TRAP DOOR PROVEDES ACCESS TO CHUTE BELOW SC REEN) BEFORE ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVING SCREEN CLOTH PCS INTO POSITION FOR REPLACEMENT A THIRD EMPLOYEE OPENED DOOR & ENTERED CHUTE TO HELP REPLACE SCREEN SECTIONS INJURED EMPLOYEE FEL

January 7, 1985 OK · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shoffner Sand Of Oklahoma Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

AN EIGHT FOOT BY TWO FOOT SECTION OF 3/8 WALL TWENTY FOUR INCH PIPE HAD BEEN TORCH CUT FOR USE AS A PATCH ON ANOTHER SECTION OF PIPE. I NAME AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING IT FROM THE SCRAP PIECE WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES RESULTING IN THE CUT AND FRACTURE. ECE WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES, RESULTING IN THE CUT AND FRACTURE.

November 6, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shoffner Sand Of Oklahoma Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL ENTERED PLANT CONTROL CENTER AFTER MAKING NORMAL ROUNDS OF PLANT.REMOVED HARD HAT AND BRUSHED HIS FOREHEAD.FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS EYE.DR REMOVED SMALL SPLINTER RESEMBLING PIECE OF FIB GLASS.UNKNOWN WHERE IT CAME FROM.

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