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June 17, 2020 ND · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sundre Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WRENCHING ON BOLT WITH RATCHET AND CHEATER BAR, FINGER WAS IN A BAD SPOT WHEN BOLT LOOSENED AND PINNED/SMASHED TIP OF FINGER IN BETWEEN RATCHET AND IRON. SMALL GASH ABOVE FINGERNAIL AND BROKE TIP OF FINGER

August 31, 2006 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Sundre Sand & Gravel · Struck by powered moving object

Employee cleaning material from dozer blade; operator lowered blade.

May 2, 2003 ND · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Sundre Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMPLETED CLEANING BUILD UP OF CLAY FROM CONE, ROCK CAME OUT & STRUCK SAFETY GLASSES. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION NEXT TO HIS EYE ON LT. SIDE OF FACE. TRANSPORTED TO E.R. & LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.

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