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October 5, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Farwest Portable Crushing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Conditions contributing to the accident were that it was still dark, cold and the top of the hand guard happened to slip onto the belt and pulled ou of EE's hand.

March 23, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Farwest Portable Crushing Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE got hung up on the air-intake breather on top of hoe, it tripped him and he fell forward landing on the fuel up spout. It hurt but he didn't know his rib was out. He didn't think anything was wrong until that night, his wife found the knot on his back. Just went step by step from there.

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