EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO RESET HOPPER IN PRIMARY CRUSHER JAW BOUND HOPPER RELEASED CAUSING IT TO JUMP UP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE HOPPER DID NOT TOUCH EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 15FT TO THE GROUND FROM THE PLATFORM
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May 1, 1990
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Industries Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
December 16, 1987
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Struck by falling object
TAKING CRUSHER 5PART WHEN APIECE OF THE FEEDER FELL ONTO EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT.
August 21, 1986
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Struck by flying object
EMP WAS CUTTING3OUT A TOOTH WITH A WEDGE WHEN THE WEDGE FLEW INTO THE AIR STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD
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