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January 20, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Radix Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was cutting conveyer belt with a retractable knife. As he pulled the knife, toward his body, it slipped and lacerated his right leg. The laceration is about an inch long, but it did require stitches. He was treated and released back to work without restrictions.

July 29, 2002 MO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Radix Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A FACTORY WEDGE FOR TAKING THE CONE CRUSHER APART WHEN HE HIT THE WEDGE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, A PIECE CHIPPED OFF OF WEDGE AND HIT HIS LEFT ARM.

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