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July 1, 2019 MT · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor ELECTRICAL
Nelcon Inc · Contact with electrical current

Contractor climbed on a pile to measure with a metal pole. Climbed pile and came within an unsafe distance to high voltage power line, electrocuting employee.

March 17, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nelcon Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting cutting edges for a 980K loader out of a truck

June 8, 2005 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nelcon Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ON BACK OF BOBCAT LOADER FOR COUNTERWEIGHT TO COUNTERBALANCE HEAVY LOAD. BOBCAT TIPPED AND FELL FORWARD, DROPPING PART OF LOAD. LOADER BOUNCED BACK UP QUICKLY AS EE WAS FALLING FORWARD, SO HE HIT HIS FACE ON THE CAB OF THE BOBCAT, INJURING HIS NOSE, BREAKING HIS GLASSES, ETC.

May 7, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nelcon Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING STEEL PLATES ON TRAP FEEDER, FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATE AND TRAP.

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