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December 8, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wabasha Sand Gravel & Ready Mixed Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SNOWING OUTSIDE OPERATOR WAS GOING TO START HIS PICKUP, HE SLIPPED ON A SMALL INCLINE & HIS LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM RESULTING IN HIM BREAKING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

July 12, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Wabasha Sand Gravel & Ready Mixed Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

PLANT OPERATOR AFTER PULLING MAIN FUSE WENT INTO SECONDARY BOX TO CHANGE FUSES. WHILE USING FUSE PULLER IT ARCED & SHOT FLAME OUT. PLANT OPERATOR HAD PULLED WRONG MAIN SWITCH.

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