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May 21, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conners Crushed Stone · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Scale Master, slipped and fell, walking down aggregate and dirt embankment. They fractured the right side of their left ankle and caused a hematoma on the left side of their left knee.

June 5, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conners Crushed Stone · Fall from machine

Employee fell 4'to 5'off a ladder while working on a portable crusher. Bruising their right elbow and right hip.

January 28, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CONNERS CRUSHED STONE · Fall from machine

The crusher operator was climbing down the ladder on the crusher and missed a step and fell 4 1/2' to the ground, fracturing the bone in lower left leg.

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