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December 16, 2013 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

Loading a piece of iron with a bobcat, the iron caught and fell off bucket onto the workers left ankle, causing a break

April 12, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PALLET & STRETCHED HIS BACK MUSCLE.

May 30, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

YE WAS PICKING BOULDERS AND A ROCK SLID DOWN THE PILE ONTO HIS HAND, SMASHING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

January 26, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A DOZER AND HAD A SMALL PIECE OF METAL GET INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

January 11, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A CRATE AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THIS HAPPENED ON THURSDAY. HE WORKED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, REPORTED IT TO US ON MONDAY.

May 30, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF BLACK OBSIDIAN AND IT SLIPPED CAUSING A GASH IN HIS FOREARM.

March 3, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STACKING BAGS ONTO A PALLET & STRAINED HIS WRIST

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