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June 22, 2012 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
B & T Sand Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

A hydraulic valve unexpectedly ruptured, probably caused by metal fatigue.

June 21, 2012 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & T Sand Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee not thinking removed a hot radiator cap on generator.

February 4, 2010 SC · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & T Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was pulling a knife from pocket and the blade came open and cut his finger.

March 31, 2009 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & T Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was prying with a crow bar on a motor with fingers got between crow bar and motor

May 27, 2004 SC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
B & T Sand Company Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING CLETTS ON BELT. SAID WIND WAS BLOWING. HE TOLD ME HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

September 9, 2003 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & T Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS ADJUSTING WIPER BELT AND GOT FINGERS BETWEEN SPRING LOADED WIPER AND CONVEYOR BELT.

July 17, 2003 SC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & T Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING DIRT FROM UNDER MACHINE. RAISED UP, HIT HEAD ON METAL PIECE AND CUT HEAD.

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