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May 3, 2018 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Precision Excavating, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The truck driver was dumping a load of pit run and the tailgate jammed and would not latch. The driver went to clear the debris from the latch and it closed on EE's finger requiring 5 stitches.

August 23, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Precision Excavating, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

5:30 pm fueling loader without operator knowing that he was fueling loader. Some truck came into pit. Operator got in the loader and started to take off. The hose was in. He tried to remove hose and fractured his thumb.

March 30, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Precision Excavating, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped in low spot in the ground causing a twist to knee.

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