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October 13, 2006 GA · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Bricks Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped on wet ground (bank) while filling I-302 (a water truck).

October 31, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boral Bricks Inc · Struck by falling object

Mechanic was taking hydraulic pump off a backhoe and it slipped and fell on his foot. Diagnosed at first with contusion of right great toe. Followup visit on 11/3/05 showed fracture. Referred to orthopedic on 11/4/05.

April 30, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Struck against stationary object

DRIVER WAS OPERATING TRUCK IN HEAVY RAIN. HAUL ROAD WAS VERY SLICK AND TRUCK SLID SLOWLY INTO BERM AT STEEP ANGLE, THEN TURNED OVER. DRIVER CUT LEG WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TURNED-OVER TRUCK. ALSO SUFFERED LUMBAR STRAIN. TAKEN TO E.R. AT DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT WHERE HE RECEIVED SUTURES.

November 12, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boral Bricks Inc · Fall onto or against objects

DRIVING DUMP TRUCK. TAILGATE DID NOT CLOSE, EE GOT OUT TO CLOSE IT AND IT WAS RAINING & MUDDY. HE PUSHED THE TAILGATE CLOSED & HIS FEET SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE CUT HIS HAND ON PIN.

January 17, 2002 AL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINOR EE TOOKBOARAL BRICKS FRONT END LOADER FOR A JOY RIDE AND OVERTURNED IT.

September 6, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Struck against a moving object

MVA-HEAD ON COLLISION. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A CHEVROLET P/U ON HAUL ROAD AND WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY A MACK TRUCK. FULL INVESTIGATION PENDING.

September 6, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Struck against a moving object

MVA-HEAD ON COLLISION. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER RIDING IN A CHEVROLET P/U THAT WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY A MACK TRUCK. FULL INVESTIGATION PENDING.

December 4, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DUMP TRUCK OVERTURNED WHILE DUMPING LOAD. NO INJURY (DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT). COSMETIC DAMAGE TO TRUCK (LEFT MIRROR, FENDER, STEPS, CRACK IN HOOD).

August 23, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Boral Bricks Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ONCOMING GARBAGE TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADAT A NARROW INTERSECTION--THE TRUCK DRIVER TRIEDTO AVOID A COLLISION AND PULLED OFF TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE WAS SOFT SAND. AS IT PUL LED FURTHER INTO THE DITCH IT HIT AN EMBANKMENT WHERE PIPE CROSSES THE ROAD, TURNING THE TRUCK OVER AND UPSIDE DOWN.

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