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August 24, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackford Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR AFTER IT HAD BEEN WASHED OUT. PULLING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR & A ROCK ROLLED DOWN ON HAND [ROCK 5 TO 6"] HE JERKED HAND & PULLED A MUSCLE IN SHOUL DER. MACHINE WAS NOT RUNNING. HAD NOT BEEN STARTED THIS DAY.

August 19, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Blackford Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

HOOD WAS OPEN ON SERVICE TRUCK WHEN BATTERY BLEW UP. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING TO SIDE OF TRUCK.

August 4, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackford Gravel Company · Fall from ladders

HE SAID HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF END LOADER AND SLIPPED AND HURT HIS BACK.

February 9, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blackford Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHOVELING AROUND CONVEYOR.END OF SHOVEL WAS BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY TO BELT.THIS FLIPPED SHOVEL-56"LONG.RIGHT HAND WAS ON END OF SHOVEL HANDLE CAUSING IT TO HIT NEARBY CONVEYOR CAUSING INJURY TO L ITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.REQ 14 STITCHES.EMPL WAS PLANNING ON RETRW FOLLOWING MONDAY BUT DR FEARED INFECTION & GAVE HIM 1 WEEK.

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