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August 22, 2024 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Smart Sand, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While performing cleanup around the wet plant, employee was operating a mini track dingo. While operating, the EE's wrist was caught between an angled crossbeam and the operating joystick. EE was able to return to work with restrictions.

March 10, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Smart Sand, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a front end loader. The loader hit a bump in the road while approaching a stockpile, which caused the operator's head to hit the sun visor resulting in a laceration. The operator returned to work without restrictions on March 19th.

February 17, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Smart Sand, Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Injured employee was flagging an operator to lift a piece of poly pipe, when the forklift raised the pipe ice began sliding out of the pipe striking the injured employee.

January 9, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal steel worker, iron metal worker, iron worker POWERED HAULAGE
Smart Sand, Inc · Struck by falling object

The employee was helping sort out steel beams. The beams were standing on 4x4 boards, when a forklift picked up a beam off of the front of the stack and the rear beams slumped due to a depression in the ground causing the rear beam to become unstable and roll over onto the employees foot.

November 5, 2014 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Smart Sand, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Miner was operating 740B Cat Haul truck, he positioned the haul truck for loading. In the process of loading, the miner started to back up his haul truck and came in contact with the excavator bucket.

September 20, 2014 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ground controller POWERED HAULAGE
Smart Sand, Inc · Fall from machine

An employee leaving the mine property for lunch, was involved in a motorcycle accident. A deer jumped in front of the employee, he over corrected and veered off into the ditch area.

August 21, 2013 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Smart Sand, Inc · Struck against a moving object

He was operating a front end loader dumping sand into the hopper. While driving up the ramp the loader ran over a large rock jolting the operator in his seat. Injuring his lower back and hip.

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