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September 29, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

THE LOAD OPERATOR HAD BEEN FEEDING A CRUSHER FROM A POOR ROCK PILE WHEN HE NOTICED A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL STICKING UP IN AN AREA WHERE IT COULD PUNCTURE A LOADER TIRE. HE GOT OUT OF HIS LOADER TO THROW THE IRON OFF TO THE SIDE WHEN A SMALL ROCK BOUNCHED DOWN THE PILE, ROLLED OUT TO WHERE HE WAS STANDING, BOUNCED UP AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG.

June 8, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING A SAMPLE BAG FILLED WITH GRAVEL WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

August 2, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Superior Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE GRINDING METAL, SPARK DEFLECTED OFFSAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.

June 21, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superior Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE POUNDING A 3 IN METAL WEDGE INTO PLACE ON THE WASH PLANT SCREENING APPARATUS THE WEDGE POPPED OUT AND STRUCK I.NAM ON THE FOREHEAD CAUSING A 3/4 IN LACERATION REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.

November 16, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Superior Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEEDER BIN WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE ROCK CRUSHER BY A CRANE. THE BIN BECAME HUNG UP ON THE SCREEN DECK. HEWAS SNT TO FREE IT. AS THE BIN WAS FREED IT TIPPED TO ONE SIDE PINNING HIS RIGHT HAND AGHAINST THE SCREEN DECK.

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