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3,112
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1983–2026
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July 12, 2002 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS WASHING THE FC CONE CRUSHER. CO-WORKER WAS DRIVING THE LOADER AND BACKED INTO THE MANLIFT IN WHICH HE WAS WORKING. HE WAS PUSHED INTO THE ROCK BOX. HIS RIGHT EYE, RIGHT ARM AND RIG HT LEG WERE INJURED.

November 8, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Quarries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING BOTTOM SIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT WITH SHOVEL. SHOVEL CONNECTED WITH FLEXO CLAMPS & THREW THE SHOVEL INTO THE HEAD PULLEY. BELT PINCHED EE'S COAT & HIS ARM FOLLOWED AROUND THE OUTSI DE OF CONVEYOR PULLEY. BROKE BONE IN EE'S RIGHT ARM, CONTUSION/BURN & MASHED RIGHT HAND. BURNED MUSCLES & NERVES IN HAND.

May 30, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Quarries · Struck against a moving object

A HAULAGE TRUCK WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STOCK PILING CRUSHED ROCK AND I DROVE UP BEHIND THE TRUCK,WE WERE BOTH GOING UP AN INCLINE AND THE TRUCK WAS GOING SLOW,I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PROCEED TO PAS S THE TRUCK STARTED WAS EVEN WITH THE REAR WHEELS OR A LITTLE PAST THEM WHEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO COME OVER INTO MY PATH TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND FORCED ME INTO A DITCH.

March 4, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Quarries · Struck by falling object

WAS STRUCK IN T2E HEAD BY ROCK FALLING FROM CONVEYOR BELT IN BIN AREA. HOSPITAL REPORTS HEAD INJURY-MINOR WITH 3 DAYS OFF.

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