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October 21, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balkema Excavating Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE LADDER TO EXIT A FRONT END LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING, HITTING HIS LEFT RIBS ON HIS LEFT SIDE ON THE LADDER, AND PARTIALLY TEARIN G HIS RIGHT BICEP MUSCLE WHILE TRYING TO HOLD ON.

August 14, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Balkema Excavating Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS STUNG ON LEFT CHEEK AND LEFT EYELID BY BEE, CAUSING SWELLING.

May 14, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Balkema Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT MATERIAL WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED, AND THE EE CUT HIS RIGHT LEG, REQUIRING STITCHES.

October 4, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balkema Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE PINS ON A FRONT-END LOADER. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED, HE STEPPED BACK, BUT MISSED HIS STEP, FALLING DOWN. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM, BUT HE CAUGHT IT O N PART OF THE LOADER, AND PULLED HIS SHOULDER OUT OF JOINT.

June 18, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Balkema Excavating Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT HIS FINGER ON A PULLEY, REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

February 6, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balkema Excavating Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING IN PARKING LOT, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE, AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE GROUND, DISLOCATING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

July 7, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Balkema Excavating Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT METAL & HE BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND

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