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October 31, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Burnett Construction Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER POUNDING 11/2IN BOLTS TO SECURE THE LINER ON THE CRUSHER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED EXTREME BACK PAIN

November 16, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Burnett Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

SETTING UP THE CRUSHER CRUSHER IS ON JACKS WHILE LOWERING THE LEGS

July 10, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Siegrist Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING & PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER HAND SLIPPED ENDSOF FINGERS CUT IN WELDER FAN

February 9, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Siegrist Construction Company · Contact with electrical current

VICTIM WAS INST5LLING THE SECOND WATER PUMP TO DEWATER THE DITCH WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ENGERIZED POWER CABLE AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. POWER WAS SUPPLIED FROM A PORTABLE GEN ERATOR MODEL NO1 20 PL-L1 VOLT 120-240 SINGLE PACE

January 13, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Construction Leasing Investment Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FE9DING CRUSHER WITH DOZER AND GRAVEL PARTICLES GOT INTO LEFT EYE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

November 10, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Construction Leasing Investment Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE CUTTIN1 PLASTIC WITH STANLY KNIFE,KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT LEG-LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

June 2, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A SPROCKET ON DOZER AND HIT IT WITH A HAMMER AND A CHIP FLEW OFF STRICKING THIGH OF EMPLOYEE.

March 7, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE HELPIN1 ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WELD JAW TOGGLE ROD AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN RT EYE

February 13, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Construction Leasing Investment Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DURING SHIFT.RE1AIRED IMMEDIATELY UPON DICOVER.

October 14, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE POKING MATERIAL DOWN SIDE OF HOPPER WIRTH STEEL BAR. COMPLAINED TO DOCTOR AFTER LEAVING COLO. SAND PREMISES, OF BURNING SENSATION & NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS. EMPLOYEE PERFORMING THIS D DUTY FOR FIVE WEEKS PREVIOUS WITH NO COMPLAINT REGARDING BURNING AND/OR NUMBNESS.

July 25, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS WORKING NEARBY AS SLAG WAS BEING CHIPPED AND PARTICLE FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE

July 18, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING MUD CHUNK OFF BELT ON HPPER AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND ON HOPPER

June 5, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TASKS PERFORMED B Y EMPLOYEE AGGREVATED CONDITION. TIME OR DATE OF OCCURRANCE UNKNOWN

February 26, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING MUC CLODS FROM FEEDER BELT FELT PAIN IN BACK

September 11, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE FEEDER TO THE CRUSHER HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

June 21, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME PUTTING TAPE ON HEAD PULLY TO ALLEVIATE SLIPPING.3 MEN WERE WEARING EARPLUGS AND ENGINES RUNNING MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO HEAR.I.NAME ASKED (INJ EMPL)I.NAME TO TURN HEAD PULLY SO HE COULD ADD MORE TAPE.(OTHER EMPL)I.NAME WHO WAS BEHIND I.NAME THOUGHT HE SAID TO TURN ON POWER BOX AND I.NAME THOUGHT (INJ EMPL)I.NAME HAD ALREADY STEPPED BACK SO HE ACTIVATED POWER BOX.

October 17, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Siegrist Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING OUT A ROCK FROM BELT OF CRUSHER AND HIT THUMB.RT.

August 16, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A BEARING, SMALL SPECK OF METAL GOT INTO EYE. (R)

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