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January 31, 2000 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS IN BOAT UNHOOKING CHAIN FROM PIPELINE, WHEN OPERATOR LIFTED. CHAIN WITH LOADER TO MOVE OVER HOOK CAUGHT CAUSING CHAIN TO MASH VICTIMS FINGER BTWEEN CHAIN AND SIDE OF BOAT. WE DID NT THINK HE WAS HURT BADY BUT SWELLING A FEW DAYS LATER CAUSED US TO SENT TO DR ON 2-7-00.

December 12, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand Fatality · OTHER

DREDGE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE SAND ROCK FROM SUCTION WHEN HE FELL OVERBOARD FROM SKIFF NO WITNESSES ACTUALLY SAW HIM FALL OUT HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS LIFE JACKET THAT WAS PROVIDED.

November 17, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

DISENGAGED CLUTCH - FLYING PART HIT FOREHEAD NEEDED X-RAY - BUTTERFLY CLOSURES - PAIN PILL.

November 16, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE FLIPPED OVER A PORCH FLOOR TO LOAD ONTO TRAILOR AND METAL PLATE ON BOTTOM OF THE PORCH FLOOR LEG AT EMPLOYEES UPPER ARM AS IT WENT OVER CAUSING A LACERATION THAT NEEDED 21 STITCHES AND A TE TANUS SHOT.

July 24, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS GUIDING CHAIN AS LOADER LIFTED IMPELLER AND SHAFT FROMT HE DREDGE. THE IMPELLER SLIPPED OFF IT'S KEYWAY AND SHAFT ABOUT 2' ABOVE THE DECK AND BOUNCED ON HIS FOOT BRUISING TOES AND SLIG HTLY CUT ONE.

March 12, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING UP METAL WENT TO PULL OTHER ONE IT SSLID OVER MASHING HIS KNUCKLE ON SECOND FINGER OF R HAND POSS CARTILAGE OF LIGAMENT DAMAGE

September 17, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CONVEYOR HOPPER ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A CHUTE ON THE END OF THE SHALER WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL ACROSS THE CONVEYOR HOPPER BRUISING HIS SHOULDER AND HAIR LINE FRACTURE OF COLLAR BONE.

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