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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 15, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Rocky Mountain Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONVEY LIFTED FORM REP SLIPPED OUT OF CHAIN HOLDING IT IT SWUNG AROUND CAUGHT HIM ON THIGGH CAUSING PUNTURE WOUND IN UPPER L THIGH BREAKING BOTH BONES IN L ANKLE

July 7, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Rocky Mountain Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING DRILL TO OBTAIN CORE SMAPLES WITH TUBES. EMPLOYEE PULLED TUBES OUT OF HOLE AND REMOVED CORES FROM CENTER OF TUBES. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT ATTACH CHECKER COLLAR TO THE TUBES IN ORDER TO PREVENT TUBES FROM SLIDING BACK INTOHOLE. THE EMPLOYEE THEN HAD THE FINGER PINCHED WHEN THE TUBES SLIPPED.

September 20, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Rocky Mountain Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A WIRE SAW USED IN SAWING TRAVERFIRE MARBLE FROM MOUNTAIN USES A DIAMOND WIRE FOR CUTTING DIAMOND WIRE HAS A TENDENCY OF BREAKING SAFETY BARAKADES ARE ALWAYS IN PLACE WHEN WIRE BROKE A SMALL P IECE APPROX.6IN LONG BROKE LOOSE & EMBEDDED IN SIDE OF EMPLOYEE

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