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November 13, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bonita Grande Sand Company · Struck by flying object

STONE FROM CRUSHING CAME FROM HAMMERMILL AND GOT IN MINERS EYE. WHEN HE TOOK HIS SAFETY GLASSES OFF TO INSPECT A CONVEYOR BELT BECAUSE WHERE HE HAD TO LOOK WAS IN A DAR AREA AND HIS SAFETY GLA SSES WERE TO DARK TO SEE.

October 11, 2002 FL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Bonita Grande Sand Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE MOTOR ON DRAGLINE DL4 RAN HOT. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE BY LOOSENING THE CAP ONE NOTCH, BUT THE CAP BLEW OFF, CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT ARM, CHEST AND FACE.

November 8, 2000 FL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bonita Grande Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHECKING HIS HYDRAULIC LEFT ON HIS TRUCK. HE WENT UNDER THE LIFTED BED OF TRUCK AND THE BED FELL ON HIM. IT TRAPPED HIM AND RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

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