Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-17 | Monte Vista | Co | Hooper Construction | Leg(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was unhooking a utility pole from a trailer. His left leg was caught and broken between the pole and the trailer. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Monte Vista | Co | U.S. Forest Service | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lifting a dump truck with a floor jack when the jack handle was hit causing the jack to drop and pin his foot against a wall. The employee's right tibia, fibula, and ankle were fractured. | |||||
2019-05-08 | Monte Vista | Colorado | National Carwash Solutions, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on an A-frame ladder while trying to loosen a nut from the top of the boom arm of a car wash. The employee was putting force on the wrench when the ladder tilted to its side and the employee fell five feet to the ground. The employee suffered a broken collar bone, nine broken ribs, and a punctured lung. | |||||
2019-04-04 | Monte Vista | Colorado | WORLEY & MCCULLOUGH, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was opening a valve when they slipped onto a concrete barrier and broke three ribs. |