BURNCO Colorado LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
The miner was climbing a ladder and as ee was repositioning hand both feet slipped and ee fell to the ground. It had snowed the day before.
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June 4, 2015
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BURNCO Colorado LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE MINER WAS STANDING ON A LEDGE APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT HIGH. HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE SAND PRESS WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK HITTING HIS HEAD. THE LEDGE WAS SLIPPERY.
November 4, 2014
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BURNCO Colorado LLC · Fall from machine
The operator saw a pipe on the ground. He got out of his loader turned around and as he stepped down missed the first step. The operator fell to the ground fracturing his femur.
BURNCO Colorado LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was prying frozen material from the feed hopper. A section came loose and the employee fell back. He caught himself and hurt his back in doing so.
Hall-Irwin Aggregates LLC · Fall onto or against objects
The employee was pushing on a frozen underside on a stacker belt, he slipped on some ice and fell hitting his mouth on the metal framework of the stacker. The employee has two broken teeth and a lacerated lower lip.
BURNCO Colorado LLC · Fall from machine
The employee fell between his excavator and a retaining wall at the fueling area because of muddy conditions. He bruised his hip and knee and tore the muscle in his bicep.
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