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April 12, 1999 MN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premier Aggregates Inc · Fall from ladders

THE INJURED BROKE HIS ANKLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE FIRST RUNG OF THE JAW CRUSHER LADDER. THE GROUND WAS LEVEL AND DRY, THE FIRST STEP WAS APPROX 14" OFF THE GROUND. HE STEPPED WITH BOTH HANDS ON THE RAIL AND BEGAN TO CLIMB. HIS LEFT ANKLE TURNED AS HE STEPPED TO NEXT RUNG. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN L ANKLE & LOST GRIP, FALLING BACKWARD TO GROUND. NO INJURY WAS SUSTAINED FROM FALL.

October 26, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK WHICH WAS BRIDGED AT THE OPENING OF THE JAW CRUSHER. HIS HAND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE OPENING CROSS BRACE AND THE ANCHORED CHAIN OF THE ROCK GUARD. LEFT HAND WAS BRUISED AND CUT BETWEEN THE 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

June 21, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler ELECTRICAL
Premier Aggregates Inc · Contact with electrical current

JUMP STARTING A SKIDSTEER LOADER WHEN HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL BURN ON LEFT HAND & FINGERS

June 2, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Premier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT LEFT HAND IN VEE BELTS ON CRUSHER, BRUISED FINGERS AND BROKEN LITTLE FINGER DID NOT TAKE EQUIPMENT OUT OF SERVIC EWHILE CHECKING BELTS.

October 26, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED REPORTING TO WORK AT PREMIER AGGREGATES CRUSHER LOCATED ON NATIONAL STEEL PELLET CO. PROPERTY. HE WAS DRIVING HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE WHICH WAS HIT BY A NATIONAL STEEL PICKUP DRIVEN BY O NE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. EE WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL CENTER IN HIBBING, BY AMBULANCE. HIS LEFT SIDE AND SHOULDER WERE BADLY BRUISED BUT HE HAD NOT BROKEN BONES. DR TOLD HIM TO STAY HOME FOR 4-5 D

March 18, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING LOADER PRODUCING ROAD ROCK. WHILE BAC KING UP HE RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH APPARENTLY HAD ROLLED UNDER THE R REAR TIRE WHILE HE WAS DIGGING INTO THE BANK OF ROCK MATERIAL. IMPACT TOSSED HIM AROUND IN THE CAB, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE R WINDOW WITH HIS HEAD & UPPER BACK. WINDOW WAS BROKEN BY HIS HEAD. HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT, HE WAS DIZZY, BUT NOT UNCONSCIOUS. TREATED,RELEA

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