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January 25, 2026 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Wedron Silica LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Maintenance employee hurt right forearm while chipping ice off BC2120 head wheel. Employee was using an electric demo chisel in the blistering cold weather around 11:30pm Sunday Jan. 25th. Both their forearm and elbow hurts with numbness in right hand.

November 10, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Iron Oak Permian LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was working on the Silo spout 7B, was in man lift with another employee untangling cable. Started to get cable untangled and used spud wrench to turn motor until cables untangled. When they untangled it activated the slack sensor and motor was energized and began to spin spud wrench cutting employee left arm top of wrist 3" down

October 6, 2025 IL · Metal/Non-Metal plumber, pipefitter, millwright MACHINERY
Wedron Silica LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Maintenance was changing a vertical driscoll pipe. The rigging let go and a miner was struck by the pipe from behind. Bump on the forehead, sore neck, shoulders and upper back. EE did not seek medical until 6/8/25, that is when EE was put on restrictions.

January 3, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal scraper-loader operator MACHINERY
Iron Oak Sand LLC · Struck against a moving object

Scope of the job was to utilize scrapers to transport overburden soil to fill in washouts along a slope within the mine with assistance from a dozer. In this process a scraper operator was braking then started to lose traction and began to slide sideways until the left front tire of the scraper dropped into a washout, thus jackknifing the scraper, causing the cab to overturn.

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