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May 5, 2026 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee as working on replacing the #1 drive motor for the screen. While torquing the bolt, the motor pivoted, causing EE's left hand to be caught between motor mount and pivot point; resulting in a fracture to EE's left thumb. EE went to clinic and EE's thumb was splinted.

February 17, 2026 MO · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was holding a bearing still while another employee was hammering a chisel to remove race from the housing. During one of the hammer strikes to the chisel something broke off and the object went through sweatshirt of the employee holding the bearing and into EE's left forearm. Employee was taken to clinic where a piece of metal was removed; employee required three stitches.

October 10, 2025 MO · Metal/Non-Metal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee straightened after stemming a hole and felt a sharp pain in EE's right pectoral muscle that didn't go away for the rest of the day. Commented on it to 2 other EE's. Dull ache with certain movements triggering more intense pain. Worsened over the weekend.

July 31, 2025 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using carpenters knife to cut grease line when the knife slipped off the hose and cut left thumb knuckle. Did not require stitches, was placed in a splint to immobilize due to the location of laceration.

October 14, 2024 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was trying to tighten the tension adjuster for the tail pulley on the feeder. EE was using a 3ft pipe wrench to tighten the nut and applying pressure down when the wrench slipped causing EE to strike chin on the tail pulley guard. Employee received a laceration to their chin that required three stitches.

May 9, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

On May 9, 2024 employee was ratcheting a cable come along to move a head pulley over and felt a pain in EE's left bicep/shoulder. This incident became reportable on 09/03/2024 when employee had outpatient surgery.

January 26, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding pin with a pipe wrench. While attempting to hit pin with a hammer, the employee missed and hit pinky finger causing fracture to end of finger and four stitches.

December 30, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was performing maintenance on a sand dryer. During maintenance the employee was cutting zip ties off of electrical wires with a collapsible knife. While doing so the employee cut the top of right hand resulting in five stitches.

November 9, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Proppants, L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was splicing conveyor belt, while preparing splice employee nicked themselves on the left thigh area with utility knife, resulting in 3 sutures

April 27, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was installing a new belt, belt was spliced and employee broke off excess bolts. Employee was using a foldable knife to cut the corners off the belt when the knife slipped and the employee's left forearm went forward scrapping the broken bolts. Employee received a laceration to the left forearm requiring eight stitches.

February 25, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on stripping wires - it was cold and snowy making it difficult to strip the wires. Cut deep into right thumb. Had to have surgery to repair the tendon in that thumb and had to get stitches. Wore hand brace.

December 10, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Proppants, L.L.C. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a wrench to loosen nut, when nut broke free it caused a sudden shift in weight. Employee rolled lower left leg

September 28, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting flashing from under a rock box with a folding carpenters knife and the knife folded on employee and cut palm

June 28, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a bar to remove a rock that had become jammed in the Kodiak K400 Cone Crusher. The employee hit the rock with the bar; the bar came back, striking the employee in the face, resulting in a split upper lip on the left side of EE's face. Employee received stitches and was placed on restricted duty.

February 19, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Proppants, L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees was breaking up chunks of material with a rock bar, employee reached in to grab and roll chunk that broke up while other employee was still trying to bust it up...this resulted in employee getting finger struck with the bar resulting to laceration and break of ring finger.

September 18, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Proppants, L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was attempting to cut a hole in conveyor belt with a utility knife in preparation for a belt splice when they let knife slip and cut themselves in forearm area resulting in 5 sutures.

August 21, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was taking off a bearing housing with a hammer and a piece broke off and hit another employee a distance away, who was working on something else.

July 13, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Proppants, L.L.C. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee's was sliding off the top section of bin dust collector. Silicone sealant and come-a-long tension created stored energy. Silicone broke free suddenly and caused employee to be struck in head area knocking hard hat off.

July 13, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Proppants, L.L.C. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was sliding off the top section of bin dust collector. Silicone sealant and come-a-long tension created stored energy. Silicone sealant broke free suddenly and caused employee to be struck in head area knocking EE's hard hat off.

October 24, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulling on a wrench installing a torque converter and strained right elbow.

March 4, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The EE was in the process of removing wedges from an impact crusher. He was using two sledge hammers to work them loose. While he was hitting them back and fourth to loosen the EE missed the wedge and struck his hand with head of sledge hammer. No broken bones x-rays negative, RX for pain.

March 30, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Scraping a gasket off with a utility knife (jet pump motor).

December 7, 2005 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR, HE WAS USING A PRY BAR, IT SLIPPED & HE LOST HIS GRIP & WAS HIT IN THE JAW.

November 6, 2004 AR · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Powhatan Quarry, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting a belt with a knife, knife slipped and cut middle finger on right hand. No stitches, cleaned wound and bandage was applied at emergency room.

July 26, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Adjusting impeller on dredge, finger got caught between bolt and chain on come-a-long.

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