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January 20, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Johnson Aggregates Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIGH HUMIDITY, 17 DEGREE MNORNING. THE TAILGATE LATCH OF AN OVER THE ROAD END DUMP DID NOT CLOSE WHEN THE IN-CAB SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST THE LATCH BY HITTING IT WI TH HIS LEFT HAND. THE LATCH ACTIVATED, TRAPPING HIS FINGER.

October 5, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johnson Aggregates Incorporated · Fall from machine

EE WAS EXITING FROM THE FRONT END LOADER HE WAS DRIVING. THE WEATHER WAS LIGHT RAIN. THE EE DECENDED THE STEPS FACING FORWARD, SLIPPED AN DFELL HEAVILY ON HIS LEFT WRIST.

June 8, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johnson Aggregates Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACH BUCKET TO SKIDSTEER LOADER AND SMASHED HAND BETWEEN BUCKET AND LOADER ARM. EMPLOYEE SMASHED LEFT HAND, LITTLE FINGER, OPENING A CUT AND RIPPING OFF FINGER NA IL WHICH REQUIRED APPROX 5 STITCHES TO REPAIR.

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