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January 28, 2006 FL · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Steven Counts Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was servicing a crusher on ground level when a off-road truck was dumping a load of limerock on top of a ramp. A large rock rolled down the hill striking the employee knocking him into a 10 foot pit which was dug under the crusher to catch the screenings. After examination and MRI, patient had torn ligaments and contusions.

January 20, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven Counts Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES THAT EE WAS TRYING TO ROLL THE HAMMER DRUM IN THE ROCK CRUSHER WHILE REPLACING THE BELT. THE DRUM BEGAN TO ROLL PINNING LEFT ANKLE BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ROCK CRUSHER HOPPER. THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN LOCK OUT AND TAGGED BUT EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING THE DRUM TO REPLACE THE BELTS.

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