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3,112
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1983–2026
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January 5, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain States Constructors Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SHOVLING BY SHAKER WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OVER THE TOP OF SHAKER HITTING HIM IN THIGH.

May 22, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain States Constructors Inc · Rubbed or abraded

SHOVELING, CAUGHT BY CONVEYOR, KNOCKED DOWN, AND CONVEYOR SCRAPPED ARM.

January 20, 1992 NM · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain States Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK BLOCKING THE FEEDER DOOR. ANOTHER ROCK HIT THE FIRST ROCK DISLODGING IT AND AS THE DOOR CAME BACK DOWN THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BECAME SMASHED BET WEEN THE FEEDER DOOR AND THE CABLE THAT ADJUST THE DOOR OPENING.

December 17, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain States Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER REPLAICNG MOTOR ON CONVEYOR BELT INJURED PERSON DEUDED TO CHECK TENSION ON V BELT OPERATOR STARTED MOTOR AT SAME INSTA INJURED PERSON CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT LEFT WO MIDDLE FINGERS BROKEN AND LACERATION.

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