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December 14, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS NUMBERING EQUIPMENT AND FOUND 2 NUTS LAYING ON THE GROUND THAT HE HAD DROPPED EARLIER. WHEN THEY WERE WORKING ON CRUSHER THOUGHT HE WOULD CLIMP UP AND PUT THEM ON. SNOWED THAT DAY. HE S LIPPED WENT TO CATCH HIMSELF, PULLED SHOULDER OUT OF JOINT. POSSIBLE FRACTURE TO BALL SOCKET.

August 4, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WENT OU AT 10PM TO TRAIN NEW SCALE GIRL. WENTTO SCALE HOUSE SEARING SHOWER SHOES TRAINED GIRLWALKING OUT TO HER CAR STEPPED IN DEPRESSION IN ROAD AND TWISTED ANKLE & BROKE IT.

February 18, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WET SNOW ON GROUND SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE

December 3, 1997 UT · Metal/Non-Metal rodman, surveyor/transit helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD SURGERY ON ANKLE 5 YEARS AGO. WAS HELPING SURVEY. TWISTED ANKLE & REAGRIVATED OLD INJURY WILL NEED SURGERY ON ANKLE.

April 18, 1994 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gibbons & Reed Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING/BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS ONTO FLOOR

December 10, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Products Co-Div/Gibbons & Reed Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS WORKING RELOCATING A SMALL OFFICE TRAILER. THERE WAS WATER THAT HAD DRAINED FROM AN ADJACENT BUILDING THAT HAD CREATED A POOL OF WATER. HE TRIPPED AND FELL FORWARD LANDING ON A PIECE OF REBAR. THE PIECE OF REBAR ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE SOCKET, BETWEEN HIS EYEBALL AND NOSE. HE HAD BEEN WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, THEY HAD FELL OFF IN THE FELL.

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