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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 5, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
C & M Ready Mix Concrete Company Of Boulder · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LINING UP BOLTS ON A CONVEYOR BELT WIPER, A BOLT GOT STUCK AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HIT THE BOLT WITH A ROCK. THIS CAUSED THE WIPER TO BOUNCE AND PULL HIS LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN THE WIPER AND CONVEYOR BELT, SEVERELY CUTTING TWO FINGERS ANDTHUMB OF LEFT HAND.

August 29, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & M Sand & Gravel · Struck against a moving object

WAS OPERATING LOADER-WENT THROUGH A DIP AND TWISTED EMPLOYEES BACK.

May 31, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
C & M Sand & Gravel · Struck by falling object

LOADER OPER BRINGING BUCKET LOAD OF WOODEN BLOCKS TO USE AS BRACES AND TO SET THE PLANT ON BLOCKS WERE DROPPED ONTO EMP.

April 21, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C & M Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT, REACHED UP TO WIPE DIRT OFF OF HIS NECK. ARM WAS CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR BELT AND ROLLERS. RICHT SHOULDER WAS BURNED, RIGHT ARM MUSC LES PULLED AND 6RUISED.

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