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April 19, 2021 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Savannah Sand Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Loader operator jumped from cab to ground to evacuate after discovering a fire on loader.

December 19, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savannah Sand Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Working on a motor pulley, employee's hand was caught in a pinch point. Laceration to right, small (pinky) finger and broke the end of right, small (pinky) finger.

July 20, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person MACHINERY
Savannah Sand Company, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was repairing bent leg of dredge suction cage and was heating it with a torch. Second employee reach to move it and grabbed the hot piece of metal with employee's bare hand, Employee received Less than 1% second degree burns to employee's right hand.

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