Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-20 | Durango | Co | Ferris Woodwork | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was removing snow on the second floor of a framed house. The employee fell from an edge to ground level. Suffering two broken wrists and a broken rib. | |||||
2019-03-14 | Durango | Colorado | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking down a slope when he hit ice, fell to the concrete, and broke his right arm in seven places. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-23 | Durango | Colorado | Process Equipment & Services Company, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
While discharging pressure from and testing a well head, an employee opened a steel valve fitting under 400 pounds of pressure. The fitting unscrewed and was ejected, striking the employee's lower right leg and breaking it. | |||||
2017-08-25 | Durango | Colorado | Edgewood Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw when the blade amputated his ring and middle fingers. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Durango | Colorado | Purgatory Recreation Manangement | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck by a falling tree during tree felling operations, fracturing the skull, scapula, and pelvis. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Durango | Colorado | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking and performing routine duties when her foot was caught on a steam table causing her to fall. The employee was hospitalized for a broken shoulder. | |||||
2017-01-31 | Durango | Colorado | Edgewood Construction, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 15 feet from the roof while working. The employee suffered a broken collar bone, broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a concussion. The employee was not using fall protection at the time. | |||||
2016-03-12 | Durango | Colorado | Basin Co-Op | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was mounting a tire onto a rim. While setting the tire bead, the bead broke, and the tire and rim were ejected from the machine. The employee was struck by the tire and rim, suffering blunt force trauma to the head. | |||||
2015-07-09 | Durango | Colorado | Lupine Lawn Care | Face | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On 7/9/15, an employee broke a bone in his face when the string trimmer he was using hit him in the face while he attempted to adjust the string. |