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June 20, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE TRACKHOE FOR ROCK CRUSHING, THE PIN HAD FALLEN FROM THE BOOM FROM THE ROCK CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS RETRIEVING THE PIN FROM UNDER CONCRETE PIECE LIFTED THE ONE THE PIN WAS UNDER, AND IN DOING SO DISLODGED ONE PIECE OF CONCRETE ABOVE THAT AND SLID INTO AND CRUSHED THUMB.

March 20, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PLACING ANVILS INTO A BOBCAT BUCKET FOR MOVING AND WHILE PLACING AN 80 LB ANVIL IT SLIPPED SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN THAT ANVIL AND ANOTHER.

February 22, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE WATER TRUCK, SPRAY NOZZEL NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED, THE DRAINED THE AIR LINE BY THE CAB, SHUT OFF THE TRUCK, AND PROCEEDED TO TURN TO SPRAY NOZZLE, DID NOT BLEED OFF TH E AIR LINE AT THE NOZZLE AND SO WHEN ADJUSTING THE NOZZLE THE METAL CAP ON THE END OF NOZZLE, CAPPING AIRLINE AND WATER, FLEW OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE NOSE.

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