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July 25, 2012 KS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Minerals LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was adjusting a parking brake on a haul truck. He was using a pry bar that slipped and he fell back against the frame of the truck, fracturing his 10th rib.

July 15, 2009 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Minerals LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was using a pry bar. The bar slipped and he hit his hand on the machinery he was prying on, causing a slight fracture to the back of his left hand.

January 13, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE PRIMARY IMPACT CRUSHER, WHICH HAD STALLED, USING A PRY BAR. A LARGE ROCK ROLLED UNEXPECTEDLY, SMASHING HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK. THE FINGER WAS CUT AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

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