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November 20, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-West Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EE SUPT OF THE LA ROSE PLANT WAS INJURED WHEN THE TURNTABLE ROLLER ASSEMBLY FELL FROM THE CAR BODY OF THE KOEHRING DRAGLINE MODEL THAT HE WAS DISMANTLYING HE SUFFERED A BROKEN JAW AND LACERATI ON THE ROLLER ASSEBLY WAS ON TOP OF THE SLOPED RING AND NOT SECURED PART WEIGHT ABOUT 250 LBS.

June 18, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Mid-West Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with electrical current

OPER FAILED TO SHUT OFF MAIN BREAKER, CONTROL BOX BLEW UP OPER BURNED 27% OF BODY 2 DEG

September 7, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Mid-West Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CAT 621 BEING PULLED HEAD FIRST TO ANOTHER IN PREPERATION TO JUMP-START 2ND MACHINE,EMPL GOT BETWEEN THE MACHINES AND WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

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