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November 10, 1999 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter MACHINERY
Granite Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING A 2X4 WITH CIRCULAR SAW (SAW GUAR WAS IN A UP/OPEN POSITION) THE SAW CAME INTO CONTACT WITH RIGHT LOWER LEG-CAUSING A DEEP LACERATION.

March 8, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WWHILE EE WAS CLEANING CONVEYOR BELT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN PULLYE

January 7, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING A 5 GAL BUCKET OF OIL AT THE JAW CRUSHER. HE BENT DOWN TO GET UNDER A BEAM & STRAINED HIS BACK. NOTE: EE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 1/8/97.

September 16, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTINGWITH CHANGING A SHAKER SCREEN AT THE ROCK PLANT WHEN THE SCREEN HE WAS HOLDING SLIPPED, CAUGHT HIS GLOVE, AND PULLED HIM OVER, CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK.

April 2, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REMOVING A BEARING WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE BEARING BROKE OFF & STRUCK THE EE INTHE MOUTH, CHIPPING 2 TEETH. EE WILL REQUIRE EXTENSIVE TREATMENT, PER DENTIST.

November 2, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Granite Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING A 988 LOADER OFF THE FEED RAMP WHEN HE CUT HIS TURN SHORT, RUNNING OVER THE DIRT BERM AND STRAINING HIS BACK.

March 25, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS STANDING UNDER A SCREEN AT ROCK PLANT HE TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

September 24, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UP TO REMOVE THE HOSE FROM THE RACK, AS HE LIFTED THE HOSE OVER HIS HEAD HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM, CAUSING A STRAIN.

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