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January 11, 2026 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Ward Stone, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was getting out of the skid steer and slipped and fell on their knee

July 5, 2016 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Stones River Quarry, LLC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dismounting excavator and slipped straining shoulder.

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