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273,193
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1,202
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2000–2026
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July 3, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Slope Aggregate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS LEVELING SCREEN DECK WHEN HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF JACK CAUSING EE TO FALL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A CONCRETE BLOCK. EE WAS USING THE WRONG SIDE OF JACK, NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS SURROUNDINGS.

June 18, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Slope Aggregate Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE STACKING BLOCKS, LOADER OPERATOR LIFTED CABLE CATCHING EE THUMB. LACK OF COMMUNICATION WAS CITED AS CAUSE.

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