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March 12, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Gateway Dredging and Contracting · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to insert a spud pin into a spud before the spud stopped moving. Pin struck victim in the head.

December 23, 2015 MO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gateway Dredging & Contracting · Fall from machine

EE had just finished fueling his Komatsu PC400 and was climbing down to set his fuel nozzle in the track and lost balance and fell approx. 4' to a steel deck of the barge. He landed on the left side of his head and shoulder. Gateway Dredging employees observed a 3" laceration and EE said he had pain in his left shoulder, rib and back area. Immediate decision was made to call 911.

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