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2000–2026
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August 14, 2017 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Allen Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was working on a loader, taking bolts out with an impact gun. The gun slipped off the bolt and employee struck their hand on the loader.

April 17, 2017 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Allen Rock Products · Struck by flying object

Hammering on a rock, the rock broke and a piece flew up and hit employee in the forehead

January 21, 2011 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allen Rock Products · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While stepping down from the loader, EE slipped on a piece of ice and fell, hitting his head on the ground.

March 16, 2005 UT · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Allen Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Straightening flights on sandscrew- jack slipped and cut thumb.

July 10, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allen Rock Products · Struck against stationary object

REPLACING ROLERS IN CONVEYOR, PUSHING ROLLER INTO PLACE, SLIPPED AND CUT THUMB.

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