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March 18, 2016 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
McMurry Ready Mix Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of pipe when another employee driving a skidster hit the other end of the pipe knocking the pipe into the knee of the employee cutting.

June 11, 2012 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
McMurry Ready Mix Co. · Struck against a moving object

The articulated haul truck the miner was operating lost power traveling up a ramp. The truck rolled backward and was stopped by a topsoil pile. The abrupt stop jarred the miner's right arm causing a contusion. The contusion caused be a possible muscle tear or vessel tear.

May 21, 2012 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
McMurry Ready Mix Co. · Struck by falling object

Miner was attaching bucket on skid steer loader. While bucket was raised, miner was hammering in pivot pins. His foot was below the raised bucket while hammering. The bucket slipped out of the attachment point and fell on his left foot. A contusion of the left foot occurred.

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