Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-20 | Meeker | Co | U.S. Department of Commerce | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee parked her truck but it started rolling. She tried to get back in the truck and then tried to get out again before the truck rolled into a river. She got caught between a tree and the truck door. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures and an abrasion to her shin that required a skin graft. | |||||
2020-05-29 | Meeker | Colorado | ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was moving a backpack with a pair of lopping shears attached to the side when the shears opened and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
2018-06-20 | Meeker | Colorado | USDA Forest Service, White River National Forrest | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating an ATV when it rolled over. He contacted the ground and the rolling ATV, suffering a punctured lung and shoulder injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-04-03 | Meeker | Colorado | CBR Enterprises, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee injured his leg while delivering some pipe to the Rio Blanco laydown yard off of County Road 5 in Mesa County, Colorado. The employee was helping the driver remove the pipe from a flat bed. When he removed the pipe bindings, one of the pipes fell off and struck his leg. |