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March 13, 2023 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Douds Stone LLC · Struck by falling object

Miner was removing a skid steer bucket when it fell on miner's left ankle.

February 1, 2023 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Douds Stone LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Released clamps holding hammer assembly on rock drill. Upon releasing the clamp the hammer assembly slid forward pinning miner's hand against the front of the drill.

July 24, 2017 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Douds Stone LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in the process of placing a drill steel in the drill mast. EE had one end on the pick-up tail gate and the other end on top of a berm. When employee pulled the steel onto the mast the back end of the steel fell off the tail gate pinching the employee's left hand between the steel and a large rock laying on the the berm.

March 9, 2015 IA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Douds Stone LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While trouble shooting an issue with the primary crusher, the employee was rotating the impeller by hand when his glove caught between the impeller and the liner pinching the tip of his right middle finger.

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