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August 4, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brenda Kay Sand LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was working in shop area cleaning up the remnants/shavings from working with Poly Pipe. While sweeping shavings from shop floor feet became tangled and tripped and fell onto the concrete floor.

July 18, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brenda Kay Sand LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

We were doing a job at Brenda Kay Sand LLC, EE and co-worker were attempting to move a piece of grated steel that had been stacked on top of another. As ee lifted end up in order to place spud wrench, the sheet moved towards ee. Doing so trapped finger between the sheets and caused a tip amputation of the left middle finger.

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