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October 30, 2017 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fighting Creek Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

While grinding on a guard that the employee was making for the 5' Pioneer screen employee received a piece of metal in left eye. Employee did not inform us of accident until 11/1/17.

October 17, 2017 ID · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · MACHINERY
Fighting Creek Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Operator was up on hill pushing overburden down to excavator for feeding crusher. Operator went down a small incline on Cat Dozer and was thrown from the cab.

February 29, 2012 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fighting Creek Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While under conveyor on creaper with left hand on frame. Employee reached to move bottle jack with right hand. Motor frame must have been hung up on conveyor frame & then moved enough to crush employee's finger.

August 18, 2009 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fighting Creek Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was holding a punch while other EE was swinging the hammer trying to loosen bolts when the EE with the hammer missed hitting the EE finger on his left hand.

August 29, 2007 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fighting Creek Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking across ground carrying 2' screen, turned wrong and knee popped

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