OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON WHEN IT HIT ANOTHER LENGTH OF CHANNEL IRON FREE STANDING THUS CAUSING IT TO FALL. THE HARD HAT BEING WORN FELL OFF DURING THE PICKING UP OF THE FIRST CHANNEL IRON. WHEN THE SECOND CHANNEL IRON FELL IT HIT HIM ON THE HEAD AND BACK CAUSING A SCALP FRATURE AND LACERATION AND A FRACTURED SCAPULA.
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March 5, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & S Bulldozer Service · Struck by falling object
January 11, 1988
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Bulldozer Service · Fall onto or against objects
OPENING CURTAIN8 LEANING OVER UNSTABLE CHAIR, CHAIR FELL OVER PERSON FELL INTO WINDOW CUT HAND & WRIST.
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