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2000–2026
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January 27, 2025 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was putting a safety brace on a mill door. EE didn't have the 2 pins in place that holds the brace in place causing the brace to fall back striking EE's forehead. EE's hard hat was taken off minutes before the accident and would have most likely taken the hit. Instead, the brace struck EE's forehead.

March 9, 2021 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on a step, stacking pallets on a palletizer. The last pallet was placed on the machine crooked. While using bodily force to free the pallet, they stepped back off the step feeling a knee pop causing them to fall to the ground. As they stood back to their feet, they felt the knee pop again.

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