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2000–2026
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March 15, 2022 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bandera Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner suffered swelling and bruising when a stone rolled over crushing EE's left hand between teeth of a hydraulic splitting machine and the stone. Went to doctor, x-rays were negative. No lost time, worked light duty until full work release.

June 26, 2017 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bandera Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was moving stones, by hand, from a loader bucket to place on a conveyor. A stone shifted and left index finger was smashed between two stones resulting in a broken finger bone.

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