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2000–2026
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August 8, 2025 OK · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sun Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING/DIGGING ROCK OUT OF THE CONE CRUSHER

September 11, 2019 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Digging/cleaning under screen. Hurt back.

August 18, 2015 OK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting cattle panels and strained lower back.

February 11, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone Inc. · Struck by falling object

Loading anfo into truck one of the other employees stumbled while handing EE a 50lb bag of anfo dropping it down to EE. EE caught it with his left arm aggravating his left shoulder.

February 4, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone Inc. · Struck by falling object

Loading the anfo from the magazine into the shot truck, the bag slipped out of co-worker's hands coming down on EE's left arm.

September 29, 2009 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Digging rock from belt reducer, pulling rotor cuff in left shoulder

March 28, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Unrolling barbed wire and became tangled in wire cutting forearm.

January 12, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two employees were loading rail road ties in a truck, one pushed his end into the truck then pushed down making the tie fall on the other's finger. He smashed his finger between the railroad tie and the bed of the truck.

January 2, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Material Service of Okla, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was under equipment when he raised his head and hit it on metal and busted it open

January 21, 2005 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Struck by falling object

THE MEN WERE CHANGING THE BELTS ON THE MOTOR DRIVE FOR THE FEEDER. THEY HAD TO LIFT THE MOTOR UP WHEN THE MOTOR WAS LIFTED THE LIFTING EYE BROKE AND THE MOTOR FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH ONE BROKEN BONE AND A BIG GASH ACROSS THE LEFT HAND.

October 26, 2004 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Carrying piece of iron in, old boom arms of old loader, beginning to stand up piece of iron to cut metal out when cylinder pin slipped back in to place, his fingers were in hole and it caught them. Broke middle finger and crushed both ring and middle finger and stitches in middle finger.

January 22, 2004 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PUT 2 DD BATTERIES IN THE DRESSER HAUL TRUCK & TOOK 2 DD BATTERIES OUT. THESE BATTERIES WEIGH 132 LBS EACH

August 25, 2003 OK · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS DIGGING OUT THE CRUSHER. HE PICKED UP A BIG ROCK AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.

March 12, 2001 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stewart Stone, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SITTING ON HIS KNEES UNDER THE HAUL TRUCK. WHEN HE GOT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AND TRIED TO STAND UP HIS RIGHT KNEE WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN.

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