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December 15, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Worker said was carrying a crusher screen up to a conveyor deck, when EE felt a popping sensation in the groin area. EE pushed on the area where EE experienced the popping sensation to suppress the protrusion.

July 1, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker says EE was climbing a ladder to access area of crusher when EE felt a "poke" in EE's knee. Worker has experienced instability in EE's knee.

August 18, 2015 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Miner had previously been torch cutting a hole into a plate on the jaw crusher when he inadvertently grabbed an area on the plate that was still hot.

October 29, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured worker not an Employee. Came on site driving dump truck for customer. Got out of his truck to remove some rock that was stuck in his tailgate, and lost control of the tailgate, which slammed shut on his opposite hand.

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