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Years on record
2000–2026
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August 22, 2018 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Windsor Rock Products · Fall from machine

Fell 10 feet while trying to apply pressure to a come along and the handle came off. Left wrist/shoulder sprain and back sprain.

August 22, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Windsor Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting a piece of wood with a pocket knife and cut right thumb. Received sutures at Silverton Hospital.

March 27, 2014 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Windsor Rock Products · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulled muscle after removing tight bolts all day with ratchets and wrenches.

September 15, 2011 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Windsor Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Right little finger was pinched between a chain and backhoe bucket while trying to release the come along from the chain that was securing a concrete block in the bucket. The block tipped forward tightening the chain and pinching the finger.

March 6, 2002 OR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Windsor Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING PIECE OF RUBBER WHEN UTILITY KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE RUBBER, WENT INTO EE'S LEG.

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