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Years on record
1983–2026
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May 25, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Savage Rock Products · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING DISCHARGE LID ON END OF SIZER IN CHIP CHUTE, COVER ON HELME DID NOT CLOSE.

April 30, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Savage Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS DR3LLING HOLES IN A METAL GUTER THE DRILL CAUGHT AND TWISTED , HITTING HIM IN THE NOSE.

May 15, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Savage Rock Products · Struck by flying object

GRINDING WELD PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO EYE.WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

March 23, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Savage Rock Products · Struck by flying object

TURNING JAW CRUSHER.SOME FOREIGN PARTICLE BLEW IN EYE.

April 7, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Savage Rock Products · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING CAT. THE MOTION OF THE MACHINE CAUSED BACK PROBLEM.

August 24, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Savage Rock Products · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DIGGING A DITCH USING A D8 CAT, WENT OVER A PILE OF DIRT AND WAS THROWN AGAINST THE CAB. HIS NOSE WAS INJURED BUT HE DIDNT SEE A PHYSICIAN AT THAT TIME, HAS DECIDED AS OF PRESENT DATE HE NEEDS TO SEE A PHYSICIAN

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