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May 4, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
FREEMAN ROCK INC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbed down from control tower / jaw button house to retrieve some loose metal from the magnet. It had been sprinking rain, and foot slipped on wet surface. When reaching, lost balance, tried to catch fall with right arm which jerked from body weight and caused some sort of dislocation.

August 13, 2005 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
FREEMAN ROCK INC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While taking break from operating the excavator, he saw a truck tailgate open and decided to close it for the truck driver. This is not part of his job description.

December 26, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Rock Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING QUARRY ROCK AT STOCKPILE ON LOWER LEVEL MATERIAL HUNG UP IN ONE SIDE OF TRUCK BED CAUSING TRUCK BED TO LIST TO PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO PUT BOX DOWN BUT RAM WAS IN A B IND & CONTINUED UP CREATING MORE LIST & CAUSING LOWER PIN ON RAM TO BREAK & OVERTURN BED. THE TRUCK CAB DID NOT TURN ONTO ITS SIDE ONLY THE TRUCK BED. EE BANGED HIS ELBOW ON THE PTO COLUMN CR

August 7, 2002 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Freeman Rock Inc · Struck against a moving object

THERE IS NO EXCLAMATION TO EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. EE RECEIVED A CONCUSSION AND FRACTURES TO ORBITAL FACIAL BONES.

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