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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 6, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Moffat County Road Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SHUT BELT OFF TO CLEAN ROCK AND A ROCK SLID BACK AND HIT THE EE IN THE SHOULDER.

July 29, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Moffat County Road Department · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLEANING CONVEYOR BELT, STEPPED ON TOP OFIT AND IT WAS ACCIDENTLY TURNED ON CAUSING EE TOFALL OFF OF BELT LANDING ON HEAD.

August 3, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Moffat County Road Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PARKED VEHICLE IN PIT.STATE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED WITHOUT EMERGENCY BRAKE SET OR WHEELS CHOCKED FOR 5 MIN BEFORE ACCIDENT.EMPL EXITED VEHICLE WENT TO REAR TO HELP OTHER EMPL WHEN VEHICL E ROLLED BACKWARDS STRIKING EMPL ON HIS KNEE.

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