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March 23, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Soehnlen Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE's truck traveling East on private road 474. Truck was crossing rail road tracks and was struck by train engine 4099. Truck driver received broken ribs, vertebrae, punctured lungs and broken collar bone.

September 2, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Soehnlen Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was cutting the top of a plastic bottle off with a utility knife. The knife slipped and cut his left hand between his thumb and 1st finger.

March 23, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Soehnlen Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING PIPE WITH HAND HOIST. CHAIN SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

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