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2000–2026
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July 12, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackwell Moore Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID THAT AFTER GREASING HIS LOADER HE CLIMBED THE LADDER UP TO THE CAB OF HIS 980 G LOADER. HE LOADED THREE TRI AXEL THEN SAID HE NEEDED A MINUTE TO TRY AND WALK OFF A KINK IN HIS BACK. NE XT HE RADIED THAT HE WAS HURTING TOO BAD TO GET DOWN OUT OF HIS LOADER. HE BELIEVES HE TWISTED SOMETHING CLIMBING THE LADDER.

June 13, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackwell Moore Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET UP A NEW HOPPER FOR THE CRUSHER HE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER ABOUT 6 FT UP, HE WAS TAKING A BOLT OUT OF A CROSS BRACE SO WE COULD LINE THE BOLT HOLES IN THE LEGS UP WHE N THE BOLT CAME OUT. HE FELL HEAD FIRST TO THE GROUND WHICH WAS ROCK COVERED. HE HAD A CUT OVER RIGHT EYE AND A SPRAINED NECK.

May 10, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackwell Moore Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING IN HER TRUCK FIRST THING IN THE MORNING HER FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP AND ALL HER WEIGHT WAS PUT ON HER SHOULDER RESULTING IN A STRAINED SHOULDER.

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