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1983–2026
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February 9, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WITH ENGINE RUNNING HE WAS CHECKING FOR LEAK IN RADIATOR HOSE. LEFT HAND WAS HIT BY FAN.

December 5, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Cooley Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING BACKHOE ON STEEP GRADE. DOOR ON BACKHOE WAS HELD OPEN WITH WIRE. DOOR CAME LOOSE FROM WIRE AND SLAMMED ON EE'S LEFT HAND THAT HE WAS BRACING HIMSELF WITH ON DOOR JAM. DOOR BRO KE A SMALL BONE IN EE'S LEFT HAND. DOOR LATCH WAS FIXED IMMEDIATELY THE SAME DAY. THIS WAS A BORROWED BACKHOE WHICH HAD JUST ARRIVED ON SITE.

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