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December 27, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Urban Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STUCK HAND IN FAN BLADE & CUT OFF THREE FINGERS.

May 21, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Urban Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

USING COME-A-LONG TO PULL BUCKET SIDE INTO PIECE FOR WELDING. CHAIN ON COME-A-LONG BROKE FREE AND STRUCK INJURED ON HEAD. THE BLOW DZED THE INJURED. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOPSITAL FOR OBSERVATION .

September 18, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Urban Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THEY HAD RAISED A DREDGE PLATFORM OUT OF THE WATER WITH A CRANE I NAME WAS ON THE PLATFORM ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE FLOOR THE BOOM ON THE CRANE BUCKLED & WHEN I NAME JUMPED OFF THE PLATFORM TO THE SHORE HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER BACK

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