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April 2, 2021 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Pontotoc Sands Company LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was using the grinder to cut a piece of metal off of a shaft. While using the grinder, a foreign object went through the employees jeans and into EE's leg.

March 3, 2021 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Pontotoc Sands Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

Dozer operator was cleaning area off by pushing material to the berm and drove off of the highwall.

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