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2000–2026
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June 1, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
C E Butters Realty & Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRACKHOE OPERATOR DUG HOLE--DROVE NEXT TO HOLE THEN TRIPPED TRACKHOE OVER INTO HOLE. EXTERIOR TOOL BOX DUMPED CONTENTS INTO CAB. METAL TOOTH HIT OPERATOR IN ARM WHICH WAS BRUISED.

October 18, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C E Butters Realty & Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSEMBING A TRACKHOE IDLER CUSHION THE NUTSTRIPPED OFF THE CYLINDER AND EJECTED THE YOKE AND IMPACT GUN INTO THE STOMACH AND CHEST. AFTERA CAT SCAN AT HOSPITAL WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONLY IN TERNAL BRUISING TO STOMACH AND CHEST AREA.

July 28, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C E Butters Realty & Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED FINGER ON STEEL PLATE WHILE BUILDING A SHOUT FOR GRIZZLIE.

June 7, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C E Butters Realty & Construction · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE GOVERNOR ON THE BOOM TRUCK WELDER AT THE PIT. LOST HIS BALANCE AND PUT HAND IN FAN BLADE FROM INTERIOR UNGUARDED SIDE BREAKING FINGERS AND CAUSING SEVERAL LACERATION S

May 7, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
C E Butters Realty & Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING LANDSCAPE ROCKS INTO TRUCK - TWO ROCK FLYING STRUCK HIM.

February 16, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C E Butters Realty & Construction · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING HEAD PULLEY, SLIPPED AND WEDGED FOOT. TWISTED FOOT AND BRUISED FOOT.

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