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February 25, 2008 WI · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · MACHINERY

The victim was using an excavator to free a dragline from an ice-covered pit floor. The excavator traveled over an ice-covered, 10 feet deep ditch and broke through the ice. The victim was ejected and was recovered from the water about 6 hours after accident.

May 9, 2007 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Park View Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Throwing wood blocks on conveyor. Right finger tore open - 12 stitches

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