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October 30, 2025 KY · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Independence Excavating · Struck by falling object

The crew was working on pulling power cables getting the plant set up. When two employees were pulling cable through a hopper extension. One employee was pulling cable with their hand resting on the back of the conveyor. The hopper extension slipped out of workers causing it to fall onto the resting employees fingers lacerating their middle, ring, and pinky finger.

August 18, 2023 KY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Independence Excavating · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

At 3:30 am a crushing operator came in contact with the crusher housing causing a laceration to EE's right finger.

December 16, 2022 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Independence Excavating, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While attempting to change out out a tire on a skid loader. the operator got left finger in between the rim of the tire and hub of the machine while mounting the tire. The operator immediately felt pain in the left finger when EE removed the glove and saw a laceration on left finger.

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