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May 11, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
J L Shiely Company · Struck by flying object

I. NAME WAS GRINDING WITH A FULL FACE SHIELD AND A FOREIGN OBJECT GAVE HIM A CORNEAL ABRASION WITH SLIGHT COMPLICATIONS.

April 19, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS HELPING CLEAN OUT A BIN WITH A SHOVEL AND HAD A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.

April 15, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J L Shiely Company · Fall onto or against objects

I.NAME WAS DOING SOME REPAIR WORK IN HEADBOX & WHEN GETTING OUT HE FELL & HIT A STEEL BEAM WITH HIS RT.BUTTOCKS CUTTING IT

April 14, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS REMOVING TAIL PULLEY GUARD TO DO REPAIRS & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

April 5, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J L Shiely Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS REPAIRING AN AIR RAM LEAK WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RT.MIDDLE FINGER IN THE AIR RAM WHILE OPENING IT

October 19, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME INSTALLI3G PLATE IN FIELD HOPPER WHEN PLATE SLIPPED JERKING LEFT ARM PULLING MUSCLE IN IT.

October 1, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J L Shiely Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING3SHOVEL CABLE AND IT SLIPPED ON END, HITTING HIM ON CHIN.

July 26, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cooley Gravel Company Of Colorado Springs Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS LEAVING 1ROPERTY AFTER WORK AND ROAD GATE WAS CLOSED BY LANDOWNER BY MISTAKE. HE HAD TO OPEN GATE AND IN THE PROCESS, FRACTURED TWO FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

July 14, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

I NAME WAS DOIN1 MECHANICAL REPAIRS ON GARDNER DENVER DRILL AND FELL OFF TO GROUND WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT BEING TIGHTENED ON 6-7-87. AT THIS POINT ONLY BRUISED AND ON 7-14-87 HE USED WR ENCH AND SHOULD9R WAS SORE. WENT TO DR AND HAS SLIGHT SHOULDER SEPARATION.

July 7, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CARR2ING WATER BOTTLE FOR COOLER ON SHOULDER AND HIT STEEL BEAM. BREAKING BOTTLE AND CUTTING RIGHT SHOULDER. I NAME SRIGHT SHOULDER NEEDED STITCHES.

June 29, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
J L Shiely Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BEING TR5INED ON AN OLD CAT DOZER. WHILE BEING TRAINED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS FRACTURED. IT WAS SLAMMED IN THE DOOR.

June 23, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
J L Shiely Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPEARTIN1 CAT LOADER IN PIT AND HIT HOLE IN GROUND CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE IN CAB, HITTING HEAD ON TOP OF CAB.

June 18, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE KNELT ON RIG2T KNEE WHILE WORKING ON STEEL BEAM. HE STOOD UP AND KNEE WAS SORE.

May 8, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J L Shiely Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS UNLOADING STEEL FROM A DELIVERY TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL HIT HIM IN THE UPPER ARM REQUIRING STITCHES. I NAME REMOVED THE STITCHES HIMSELF

March 13, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS3CUTTING ANGLE IRON BRACING UNDER #4 SCREEN AND ONE PIECE FELL FROM STRUCTURE AND CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

November 6, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
J L Shiely Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A TORCH AND UPON LAYING IT DOWN STARTED NEARBY RAGS ON FIRE IN THE PROCESS I.NAME GRABBED THE TORCH IN THE FIRE BURNING HIS LEFT HAND

November 4, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cooley Gravel Company Of Colorado Springs Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS PRYI3G ON SHAFT WHILE I NAME CHECKED GEAR COUPLER AND SLIPPED,CATCHING LEFT INDEX FINGER,PINCHING AND CUTTING IT.

October 13, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS DOIN1 CLEANUP WORK UNDER CONVEYOR & RAISED UP HITTING HIS BACK ON ANGLE IRON STRAINING HIS BACK & STRAINING HIS BACK & BRUISING IT POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FX OF VERTEBRAE

September 8, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cooley Gravel Company Of Colorado Springs Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TAKING SO7KET OFF OF AIR WRENCH, THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE SOCKET TO THE WRENCH PARTIALLY CAME OUT. I,NAME STARTED THE WRENCH CATCHING HIS GLOVE AND INJURING THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FING9R.

August 9, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WALKING 8OWN STAIRS AT SAND PLANT AND STEPPED ON WATER HOSE LYING ON STAIRS.HE TWISTED RIGHT FOOT FX RIGHT TARSAL BONE.

April 9, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Charles M Freidheim Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING UP BULLDOZER AWAY FROM PIT AREA AND HE STUMBLED WHILE GETTING DOWN FROM EQUIPMENT .

December 18, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS UNPLUGGING CHUTE COMING FROM THE 20 IN AUGER HE REMOVED THE CHUTE COVER AND TRIED TO UNPLUG IT WITH A PIECE OF STEEL HE ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT HIS RT HAND UP TOO HIGH AND HIT THE AUG ER THE COMPANY POLICY IS TO LOCKOUT EQUIPMENT IT WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FROM NOW ON

September 14, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Minnesota Frac Sand · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME SLIPPED FROM BACK OF LOADER WHEN RATCHET BROKE THE 3 FT PIPE USED ON RATCHET HIT HIM IN THE HEAD HE SAW THREE DIFFERENT DOCTORS WHICH ALL STATED HE SHOULD GO BACK TO WORK HE FINALLY DI RETURN TO WORK AFTER 2 WEEKS OF SWITCHING DOCTORS

September 11, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME ALLEGES THAT NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLES HAVE PAIN. THE EXACT TIME OF ALLEGED INJURY BY I.NAME IS NOT DEFINITE

April 24, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minnesota Frac Sand · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE WASTE PIPE WAS BEING ROTATED AND LET GO CATCHING HAND IN FLANGES CUTTING HAND AND BROKE FINTGER PIPE WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY

March 14, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Minnesota Frac Sand · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR SEIFERT WAS ADJUSTING LOADOIUT CHUTE WITH 25\ ADJUSTMENT ROD WHEN HE FELT A CRAMP IN MIDDLE OF BACK

September 22, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
J L Shiely Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE FUEL TRUCK AND HIT DUMP CATCHING WRIST IN STEERING WHEEL IN PROCESS HE SLIGHTLY CRACKED WRIST.

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