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September 1, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Canyon Sand Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND PLANT--SLIPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE AND LOWER BACK.

November 9, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Canyon Sand Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING OLD BELTING IWTH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEES LEG.

September 18, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Canyon Sand Inc · Fall from machine

REPAIRING A CHAIN LINK ON SCRAPER AND THE SAFETY CHAIN BROKE WHEN HE JUMPED OFF THE SIDE OF SCRAPER HE FELL BACKWARDS. AND BRUISED HIS BACK.

March 24, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE
Andersen Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

SUBJECT WAS FUE5ING GEN. SET WITH DIESEL FUEL. FUEL TRUCK HAD GROUND CABLE ATTACHED TO GET SET GROUND WHEN SUBJECT WAS FUELING SAME SUBJECT LIT A CIGARETTE WITH A LIGHTER AND A FLASH FIRE OCC RRED SEE REPORT1

January 17, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Rock Lock Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM OUT PARTS TRAILER WITH A 10\ CHAIN, HE WAS ABOUT 20\ FROM THE TRAILER ALONG SIDE OF HIS OWN PICK-UP TRUCK WHEN HE PASSED OUT. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY HAT AND DIDNT HIT HIS HEAD WHEN HE FELL. OTHER EMPLOYEES GAVE HIM C.P.R. BUT TO NO AVAIL AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN A HELICOPTER BUT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:52 AM

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