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May 11, 2011 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

It was raining. EE was pressing bucket pin out with 70 ton press and a track pin. Press was at a slight angle. Another mechanic was hitting outside boss, EE was sitting beside press gear when it pitched sideways and track pin hit him on upper lip, leaving a hole. EE had to have 7 stitches on his upper lip.

February 2, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall Irwin Corporation · Struck by falling object

The employee was taking apart a conveyor stand for transfer when the support fell on his foot breaking a bone in his right 5th digit. The employee was wearing steel toed shoes.

January 21, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Struck against a moving object

The employee says he had tingling going down his leg in the afternoon while he was operating a loader in the pit. Didn't report anything to his supervisor except on a voice mail late at night.

January 16, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Struck by flying object

The employee was greasing a conveyor grease line when a rock bounced off and struck the employee in the face knocking out a tooth and loosening two others.

December 11, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall Irwin Corporation · Struck against stationary object

The employee was actively wrenching on a bolt while repairing the crusher, when the wrench slipped and the employee hit his elbow. The employee said he would be alright and continued working. On Friday, the employee complained again about his elbow, but did not want to see anyone. On Saturday, the employee complained again and he went to the emergency room.

October 3, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was entering his skidster when he slipped and when he tried to catch himself, he hit the corner of the frame with his hand/wrist.

June 19, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Fall from machine

Employee was doing maintenance work on the conveyor. When he stepped down, he fell to the ground and cut his face, requiring three stitches near his eye.

April 21, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall Irwin Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was climbing down a ladder and felt pain in his foot.

April 15, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Rubbed or abraded

The employee was kneeling in front of a tail pulley he was doing maintenance on and when he got up, he felt pain in his right knee. The knee became swollen as well.

January 30, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall Irwin Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The crew was removing screens from a screen deck. This worker had a screen that was stuck and when he pulled hard the screen came loose, causing the screen to strike his chin. The chin had an abrasion and was swollen. He was taken to the doctor and was released to full duty.

July 2, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Hall Irwin Corporation · Struck by flying object

Worker was walking from one side of mine to the other when the wind blew a foreign object into his eye. Was was wearing safety glasses. Worker went to urgent care but the extraction was unsuccessful so they referred him to the ER.

June 13, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall Irwin Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was rotating gears to change timing and pinched his fingers between the bar and the frame. At first, the employee decided he was okay but later decided to see a doctor.

June 8, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was moving and picking up debris on the site and felt a pop in his arm. He was then greasing the following week and felt a pain shooting down his arm.

April 23, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall Irwin Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was climbing a ladder and slipped on a rung and fell. He caught himself with his foot and injured it

January 24, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was trying to remove an oversized frozen dirt clod off his dozer and hurt his shoulder.

December 14, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hall Irwin Corporation · Flash burns (welding)

The employee was working in a washplant where there was welding being conduted by another employee. The flash must have bounced off the walls in the washplant and flash burned his eyes.

December 1, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall Irwin Corporation · Fall from machine

The employee was exiting a skidloader and his foot got caught and he fell sideways hurting his foot and maybe his toe.

January 4, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was working to shovel material from under conveyor belts. He was doing that all day and in the afternoon, the employee felt a pop in his groin. He reported it to his supervisor and the next morning his groin was swollen and painful.

December 27, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was helping to grease a haul truck. He was holding a brace pin up as the bed of the truck was coming down and smashed his hand between the two.

June 24, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A SCREEN FROM THEIR CRUSHER AND IT SLIPPED CATCHING HIS FINGER AND BREAKING IT.

February 16, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTED IN mARCH A BACK INJURY EE SAYS EE SUSTAINED CHANGING THE BLADES ON A ROAD GRADER.

January 21, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Fall from ladders

EE TURNED AROUND TO GO DOWN THE POWER SCREEN LOADER, SLIPPED, FELL HURTING HAND AND WRIST.

May 21, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

The ee cut his right index finger on a screen while changing it.

January 23, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by flying object

THE EE WAS GRINDING ON METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL UNDER HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

November 17, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator NO VALUE FOUND

EE WAS BUILDING BERMS ON A STOCKPILE. HE SAYS HE HAD HIS LOADER BUCKET 1/2 FULL WHEN HE DROVE BACK OVER A DIVOT HE CREATED CAUSING THE BUCKET TO HIT THE GROUND WHICH HURT HIS NECK. THE INCIDEN T OCCURRED ON MONDAY & WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL FRIDAY.

October 8, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYER WHEN HE RAISED UP HITTING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON THE CONVEYER.

October 2, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by falling object

THE EE WAS TAKING OFF A BOLT ON A CONVEYER BRACKET, THE BRACKET FELL AND CUT HIS FINGER.

July 23, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING THE SCREENS TO A SCREEN DECK WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. HE WAS SWEATING & HE WIPED HIS BROW. HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS EYELASH, AND WHEN HE WIPED HIS LASHES, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

April 7, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLIMB A SMALL LADDER ON OUR BLENDER MACHINE, SLIPPED ON SOME SNOW AND MUD AND HIT HIS CHEST ON THE FRAMEWORK.

March 12, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EE WAS BIT ON THE LEFT HAND BY A SMALL BLACK SPIDER. HIS HAND STARTED TO TINGLE AND SWELL SO HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR.

September 25, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

THE DRIVER TRIED TO MAKE A TURN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED TURNING, HIS HAUL TRUCK OVER. INITIALLY THE EE HAD A BRUISED HIP ON 10-3 HE SAW THE DR AND COMPLAIN ID OF BACK PAIN.

August 7, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING THE METAL GRATES ALONG THE SCALE AREA & FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 10, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STAIR/LADDER FROM A SCREEN DECK AND STEPPED ON A DIRT CLOD, SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.

March 28, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS WORKING AT THE WELDING TODDLE AT THE SITE AND A BEE STUNG HIM ON THE HAND HIS HAND SWELLED TO DOUBLE THE SIZE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY.

March 15, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINER WAS USING A HAMMER TO KNOCK OFF A LOADER TOOTH & THE HAMMER FLEW UP & HIT THE WORKER ON THE UPPER CHEEK.

October 22, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC STEPPED OFF AN EXCAVATOR ONTO A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS (L) ANKLE.

July 9, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE OVERSIZED ROCK IN A CHUTE. HE USED A SHOVEL AND WHEN THE ROCKS DISLODGED ONE CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS FINGER.

May 25, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TOSSING A HAMMER OUT OF THE SCREEN DECK HE WAS IN AND THE HAMMER BOUNCED BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

March 8, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Flash burns (electric)

A CONVEYER WAS BEING WORKED ON AND WHEN THE EMPLOYEE BRUSHED AGAINST THE ELECTRICAL CAUSING SPARKING AND POPPING WHICH CREATED A BURN ON THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM. A REVIEW OF THE LOCKOUT REVEALED THAT SEVERAL STITCHES WERE NOT ACCURATE. THEY HAVE CORRECTED SINCE.

November 20, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT STRIKING HIS UPPER LIP.

November 15, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS MOVING PIPE AND CUTTING PIPE TO REINSTALL A WATER LINE. AT THE END OF THE DAY HE SAID HIS BACKING SORE. WAS SENT TO THE DR WHEN BACK PAIN PERSISTED. HE WAS RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY AFTER VISIT TO DR.

October 11, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS LOADER IN THE PIT AREA. WHEN HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND WITH HIS R LEG, HIS ANKLE FOLDED UNDER HIM & HIS KNEE BENT OUT. INITIAL ASSESMENT IS A KNEE STRAIN

September 12, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CONTRACTOR'S EE WAS PULLING ROPE & WIER NEXTTO A PORTABLE CONTROL PANEL THAT WAS BEING PLACED AT THE EDGE OF THE CONCRETE PAD. ONE SIDE OF THE PORTABLE'S STAND LEGS WERE NOT ON THE CONCRET E PAD & IT WAS NOT OBSERVED HOW THE ELECTRICAL PANEL FELL OVER, BUT IT DID KNOCKING THE CONTRACTOR EE TO THE GROUND

September 7, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EE WAS REMOVING A TRAILER HITCH FROM A PICKUP WHEN THE HITCH AND TRAILER ROLLED FORWARD PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AGAINST THE PICKUP.

August 14, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAYS HE WAS CARRYING A 10' SECTION PVC PIPE AND FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULER. THE COMPANY FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE INJURY FROM A DR'S REPORT DELIVERDD 8-23-2000.

March 28, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

AN 8 FT POLE IS USED TO BREAK UP TOP SOIL INSIDE A FEED HOPPER FROM AN ELEVATED CATWALK. THE EE IS NOT USED TO THE ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPED A MINOR STRAIN TO THE R WRIST.

January 18, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING APART A CONVEYOR BRAKE WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS KNUCKLE ON THE BRAKE.

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