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March 4, 2009 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wiltgen Construction Company · Fall from machine

Operator missed a step when getting out of loader and fell to the ground and broke hip.

August 18, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Wiltgen Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Adding drill steel to drill deeper, hoisting steel to top of tower, load squeal from top of mast. He looked up to see if jammed or broken. Looked back and steel swung contacting operator on righr eye cutting eyelid and rupturing blood vessels behind eye causing pressure, impairing vision temporarily.

December 2, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wiltgen Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PRYING AN ENDGATE INTO PLACE WITH BAR, BAR SLIPPED, ENDGATE CAME DOWN ON LEFT RING FINGER.

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