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February 1, 2023 NY · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SEWARD SAND & GRAVEL INC. · Fall from machine

Sunny, cold day, light winds, ambient temperature approximately 15 degrees F. Subject slipped and fell while entering a truck. Surface of the ground was packed snow with small gravel sprinkled over it to aid traction. Damage according to physician was fractures to ribs and vertebrae.

September 13, 2011 NY · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seward Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting air into loader tire when metal ring which holds the tire in place failed and flew off the rim. Employee sustained injury to hip and pelvis. I am unsure of exact nature of injury at this point. I am also not sure what hit the employee causing the injury.

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