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April 26, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was attaching a hose to a portable water pump used for drainage. They pinched right pinky with the hoses attachment cam-lock while locking in the hose. Bruising only.

July 19, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Worker was attempting to weld on a piece of c-channel iron placed on a welding table. When leaning over they knocked the iron off the table and onto their right foot. The impact broke 2 bones in the arch of their foot.

May 12, 2016 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Four employees were carrying a steel pipe. Two of them dropped one end of the pipe and the pipe landed on one of their feet. The impact broke the miner's right pinky toe. The miner was wearing steel toe boots.

September 14, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was conducting maintenance on a dozer's tension idler. The idler was unknowingly under pressure and when the mechanic began removing the bolts holding the idler in place the idler broke loose and struck the mechanic. The idler fractured the knuckle on his right pinky finger and the area of the skull above his right eye.

April 20, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was conducting maintenance on the truck scale. A trucker drove onto the scale despite EE telling the trucker to stop and wait for him to finish. The scale shifted slightly and smashed EE's finger, causing the right ring finger to break.

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