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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 25, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

RIGHT WRIST AND THUMB STRAIN FROM USING A WRENCH.

March 21, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Struck against stationary object

MECHANIC WAS PRYING ON A BAR & BAR SLIP & HAND HIT SHARP EDGE ON MACK TRUCK CUTTING FINGER

September 17, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Yule Marble Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AT A DIFFICULT ANGLE IN A CONFINED SPADE. PERSON MISSED THE WEDGE HE WAS STRIKING AND MOMENTUM OF THE HAMMER CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS LITTLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE HAMMERHEAD AND WEDGE.

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