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February 16, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Aggregates LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was pushing on a frozen underside on a stacker belt, he slipped on some ice and fell hitting his mouth on the metal framework of the stacker. The employee has two broken teeth and a lacerated lower lip.

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.

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