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April 29, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was spinning anvils in a Vertical Shaft Impact Crusher. The lid of the VSI came down upon his left hand. Employee's left hand was caught between the lid and frame of the VSI. The ring finger of his left hand was seriously injured.

March 31, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using an impact wrench to loosen the bolts on the cutting edge of a loader bucket. He reached under the edge of the loader bucket to locate the bolt head. He then engaged the impact wrench. The bolt head on the underside of the loader bucket spun, caught the employee's glove, and lacerated his left middle finger.

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