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August 20, 2021 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red Bluff Sand & Gravel LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking to EE's rock truck and slipped in mud. EE reached to catch self on the truck fender and broke EE's right hand.

February 28, 2020 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bluff Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck by falling object

The employee was looking at a welder and had propped the engine cover open. While looking at the engine the cover fell and fractured the employee's right wrist.

March 28, 2019 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Red Bluff Sand & Gravel LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting on a boom on a Cat 749 Excavator with a torch. The torch hose blew a hole in the line, caught fire and burned the employee on EE's left forearm.

May 20, 2016 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Red Bluff Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee was walking near the shop building and stepped on a loose nail on the ground. They were taken to an emergency clinic where the wound was cleaned, a tetanus shot was administered and given oral antibiotics. They were then released back to full duty on the same day.

June 11, 2012 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Red Bluff Sand & Gravel LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Note: Form 7000-1 is being filed only to record the incident on our property (6/11/12). The dump truck driver (customer) was on our property to obtain a load of aggregate. He is neither an employee or independent contractor. While on our property in his dump truck, the individual apparently had a heart attack which resulted in his death.

October 1, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · MACHINERY
Red Bluff Sand & Gravel LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE TO MOVE A GENERATOR THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE BANK OF A SETTLING POND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE GENERATOR WITH THE CRANE, THE CRANE TIPPED OVER. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE EMPLOYEE.

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