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October 15, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS PULLING OUT A SCREEN WHEN HE FELL OVER BACKWARDS LANDING HARD AND HITTING HIS ELBOW.

July 19, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Struck by powered moving object

SKIDSTEER BOOM LIFTED & CAUGHT HIM IN THE CHEST. IT INJURED THE LIVER. HE INTERNALLY BLED TO DEATH.

September 21, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE HIT HIS KNEE CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE LOADER.

August 27, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN A SKIDSTEER BUCKET, SO IT WOULD COME OFF. IT CAME LOOSE & HIT HIS SHIN.

November 30, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING THE JAW, EMPLOYEE'S FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE CHAIN BOOMER AND METAL JAW.

March 25, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE MECHANICING HE GOT A PIECE OF STEEL IN HIS LEFT EYE. WHILE BY WELDING HE LOOKED AT WELDING AND GOT A SMALL FLASH BURN.

January 27, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A SPRING FROM A TENSION ROD THE ROD BRAKE CAUSING THE SPRING END CAP TO COME UP AND HIT HIM IN THE RIB.

October 7, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER FROM CONTROL TOWER,WHEN THE LADDER SWUNG IN BECAUSE THE TWO STABILIZING RODS HOLDING IT OUT CAME OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS.HE FELL ABOUT 10 FT.EMPLOYEE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

August 28, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SMALL OCKS & DIRT THAT WAS KEEPING A PIVOTED WHEEL FROM ROTATING INTO PROPER POSITION WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PIVOTED THE TIRE BY HAND & SCRISSORED THE EMPLOYEES FINGER TIP .

September 24, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE PUTTING TRACK TOGETHER ON THE DOZER THE COME-A-LONG BROKE AND KNOCKED HIM ON THE BACK RESULTING IN A PINCHED NERVE.

November 16, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE STEPPED FROM LOADER TO A PILE OF FORZEN DIRT. HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND BROKE IT.

July 28, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

HE WAS CHECKING A STUCK ROLLER; THE BELT OR ROLLER GRABBED HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HAND THROUGH ROLLER.

March 24, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS LOWERING THE GIN POLEON THE RIG UP TRUCK HE WAS REMOVING SHEAVE FROM POLES & WAS STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE OF POLE IT MOVED TOWARDS HIM CATCHING HIS LOWER LEG HIS LOWER LEG WAS CUT & BADLY BRUISED

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