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December 1, 2022 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holmes Supply Corp. · Fall onto or against objects

The dredge operator was unclogging the cable when EE stepped on some grease causing EE to slip and fall hitting their tailbone on the frame of the dredge.

May 15, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holmes Supply Corp. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE DREDGE OPERATOR WAS DISLODGING A COUPLE ROCKS THAT WERE WEDGED TOGETHER IN CUTTER HEAD WHEN HE DISLODGED THE ONE THE OTHER PINCHED HIS RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST THE CUTTER HEAD WHICH REQUIRED SOME STITCHES.

July 31, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Holmes Supply Corp. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting conveyor belting, knife slipped & cut his finger that required some stitches.

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