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April 26, 2024 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superior Construction & Excavating Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While lifting the feeder conveyor to lower the leg chain slipped due to improper chaining. Conveyor struck employee in head causing a head laceration and a fractured vertebra in neck. We no longer use chains to lift equipment. We have purchased straps.

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