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April 19, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Caught hand between 150 pound hammer and cone nut wrench.

April 10, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Moving large rock with loader & log chain. Chain broke hitting man in knee

March 28, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was replacing adhesive belt lagging on conveyor head. Pulley caught arm and pulled employee. Injury was right side of face and right arm.

June 12, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Years of driving cause of numbness w hand carpal tunnel syndrome.

December 19, 2013 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dismounting excavator slipped off step had hold of hand hold pulled shoulder

November 15, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was tightening bolt, the bolt broke and the EE dropped the wrench on his hand.

May 11, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using hydralic ram to pull gear box off head pully, jack slipped off shaft, striking worker on shoulder/chest area. Caused small cut and bruising on shoulder/chest area.

October 10, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping do ground fault check on plant, turned to step off walkway, twisted knee.

October 6, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Removing logs from new stockpile site slipped on loose dirt and fell.

January 11, 2005 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was checking for air leak on left rear when plunger moved to set position lacerating right index finger.

June 21, 2002 MO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS HIT IN FACE WITH FLY ROCK UNDER RIGHT EYE SMALL CUT ON FACE COMPLAINED OF EYE DISCOMFORT WENT TO DOCTOR.

October 11, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Fall onto or against objects

BIG ROCKS IN ROCK PILE EE WAS PICKING UP THE BIGROCKS OUT OF PILE: SLIPPED ON ROCK & WENT DOWN ON PILE HIT HIS SHOULDER ON PILE OF ROCKS

May 8, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CAT WALK WAS WET, SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEG, CUTTING HIS RIGHT SHIN.

September 8, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADING SHOT ROCK WITH A 980 F FRONT END LOADER WHEN OPERATOR HIT A LEDGE IN THE FLOOR THAT WAS COVERED UP WITH ROCK WHICH CAUSED LOADER TO COME TO A VERY HARD STOP WHICH JAMMED OPERATOR'S LOW ER BACK.

August 24, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SILICOSIS WHICH IS A DEGENERATING LUNG DISEASE WHICH OCCURRED AND WORSENED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME RUNNING GRAVEL PLANT.

June 30, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMANT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SILICOSIS WHICHIS A DEGENERATING LUNG DISEASE. ONSET 12/09/81 AT DIFFERENT LOCATION GRAVEL PLANT (DISCONTINUED

June 8, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGES STRAIN TO BACK AND WRIST RUNNING BACKHOE.

September 25, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GETTING OUT OF EUC HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS BACK.

February 28, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO START A SLIPPING BELT. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HOLD OF V-BELT CAUSING TENSION SO AS TO STOP IT FROM SLIPPING AND IT CAUGHT AND ROLLED HIS HAND AROUND THE MOTOR PULLEY. CUT ONE FINGER TI P OFF AND BADLY CUT AND BROKE 3 OTHER FINGERS.

August 24, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAIL PULLEY WITH A BAR.

March 27, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT ON PLANT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACK ON BRACE POLE ON PLANT BUILDING. EMPLOYEE STATED THIS IS A REOCCURRANCE OF ACCIDENT A YEAR AGO. REPORTED TO ME ON 3-27-95 WASN'T REPORTABLE UNTIL 5-5-95.

March 3, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADER OPERATOR STEPPED OFF LAST STEP OF LOADER ON TO GROUND LEVEL AND TWISTED KNEE. OPERATOR REPORTED ACCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR BUT FELT HE DIDN'T NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION BUT SIX WEEKS LATER DECI DED HE NEEDED TO BE SEEN BY A DOCTOR. SAW DOCTOR 3-29-94.

September 13, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD UNLOADED 50# ANFO BAGS FROM AUSTIN TRUCK INTO TRAILER. FINISHED WAS GETTING OUT OF TRAILER ONTO TRUCK, SLIPPED ON WET TRAILER, STARTED TO FALL, CAUGHT HIMSELF BY HIS RIGHT HAND ON SIDE OF TRAILER.

November 3, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS REPLACING OXYGEN BOTTLE FOR CUTTING TORCH CARRY BOTTLE FROM PICKUP TRUCK TO DREDGE WHILE MOVING BOTTLE I SLIP & FELL DOWN THE BANK WITH BOTTLE HERNIATING 2 DISC IN MY BACK

August 14, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Doss & Harper Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN LOADER OPERATOR TRIED MOVE FEED CONVEYOR BY HAND AFTER ORDER HAD BEEN GIVEN TO CRUSHER OPERATOR TO ENERGISE PLANT & MOVE CONVEYOR WITH MOTOR DRIVE NOT KNOWING LOADER OPE RATOR WAS IN AREA OF BELT. CAUSING TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND TO BE CUT IN DRIVE BELT.

September 10, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS TO SECURE THE LID SHUT ON A WILLIAM HAMMER MILL AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT HURTING HIS LOWER BACK.

September 21, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doss & Harper Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING HEAVY PIECE OF METAL MASHED A DISC IN BAK PINCED NERVE SO 2 COULD NOT PUT WEIGHT ON LEFT LEG.

September 19, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON STOCKPILE TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE HE WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE STEEL HIMSELF & SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION

August 29, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Doss & Harper Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING REDIMIX TRUCK OUT ON HIGHWAY AND TURNED IT OVER.

October 5, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doss & Harper Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OFF TRUCK TURNING HIS ANKLE.

April 6, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WORKING BESIDE WELDER & BURNED EYES.

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