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2000–2026
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June 30, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
MMD Stone, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to remove a broken bolt from a bucket pin on a front end loader. The chisel slipped as he was striking it with a hammer and the hammer struck his left thumb. The employee recieved a nondisplaced small distal tuft fracture of the left thumb.

October 9, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
MMD Stone, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of conveyor belting with a utility knife, when the knife slipped and he cut his right, front thigh.

August 18, 2006 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
MMD Stone, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a box blade knife to cut a piece of conveyor belting during a repair to the conveyor belt. The knife broke causing him to cut his right thumb. Required surgery to repair a severed tendon. During mandatory drug testing due to the accident, he tested positive for Meth and Marijuana and was subsequently terminated.

October 27, 2005 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
MMD Stone, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

While chipping at a weld, a piece of slag bounced off inside of the safety glasses and went into his left eye.

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