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February 23, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Atlas Sand Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

A haul truck operator was pulling away after being loaded when an excavator bucket contacted the truck tailgate. The excavator operator believed the truck bed might roll over and attempted to stop it with the bucket. The contact jolted the truck operator in the seat, causing lower back pain. The operator was transported to a clinic and diagnosed with a lower back strain.

November 6, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Atlas Sand Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

They accidentally crushed their foot on the skid basket. got off by accident

April 26, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Atlas Sand Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

At 7:53pm on 4-26-23 employee was using Skid Steer #12068 cleaning a sand spill in silo 2. When the blade from the bucket of the skid steer came into contact with the seam from the scale causing the skid steer to stop abruptly thrusting employee forward. The act caused a discomfort in neck and shoulders.

February 9, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Atlas Sand Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Our employee (EE) was in boom lift going from conveyor 1702-1902. Lift operator's hand slipped off joystick, then oper grabbed it again roughly. The jerk in movement of lift caused our EE's head to thrust back & then forward quickly. Our EE felt a twinge in neck, but EE didn't think much about it. On 02/15/2023, the pain had become bad enough that our EE sought medical treatment.

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