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February 7, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett County Mining, LTD · Struck against stationary object

Employee was helping change the shoes on the vsi crusher. Weather was clear and sunny, about 75°F.

January 15, 2015 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett County Mining, LTD · Struck by falling object

Employee needed to load the air compressor in the back of his truck to take to another location. He had oxygen and acetylene bottle in the back of his truck and needed to move them out of the way. He picked up the acetylene bottle to lay it back down in the bed, when he did this he dropped the bottle of top of his foot.

December 5, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett County Mining, LTD · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was unloading rock screen from a bucket of a loader. As they was lifting the screen the other man lost his grip at this time the screen caught the mans glove and pulled him to the ground causing him to hurt this hand.

June 1, 2012 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crockett County Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a repair on the plant when the return roller slipped and mashed left middle finger. He was taken to the ER. Finger was broken but returned to full duty on 6/11/12.

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