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273,193
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Years on record
2000–2026
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April 4, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Columbia Rock & Aggregates Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WELDING ON A FRONT END LOADER BUCKET THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EE WAS WEARING A WELDERS HELMET, BUT WOKE DURING THE NIGHT WITH EYE PAIN SUFFERING FROM WELDERS FLASH, EE WENT TO A CLINIC WHERE THEY APPLIED OINTMENT TO EYES

June 12, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Columbia Rock & Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC HAND GRINDER ON A LOADER BUCKET. IN THE PROCESS OF GRINDING, THE GRINDER BLADE KICKED BACK ON HIM AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE. THE RESULTING LACERATION WAS WASHED OUT AND STITCHED AT AN EMERGENCY CLINIC.

March 19, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Columbia Rock & Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A CRESCENT WRENCH,. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND STRUCK EE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. EE SUSTAINED A LACERATION. EE WENT TO A CLINIC AND HAD THE LACERATION CLEAN ED AND STITCHES.

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