Employee was using a cutting torch to cut galvinized pipe to fix a guard rail at the cursher site. He was doing this outside in the open air. Employee had trouble breathing later on in the day.
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January 28, 2005
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Cache County Road Department · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
October 3, 2002
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Cache County Road Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CRUSHER WAS RUNNING THE EMPLOYEE STARTED SHOVELING GRAVEL FROM UNDERNEATH THE CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF THE TOP SCREEN OF THE CRUSHER & HIT EMPLOYEE ON LOWER BACK.
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