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February 9, 2025 NE · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants LLC. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on the rail car, slipped and landed on a knee. 03/18/2025 employee had knee repair surgery

October 11, 2024 NE · Metal/Non-Metal car trimmer, car loader, bin puller, truck loader SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants LLC. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on top of railcars where employee fell and cut leg.

January 15, 2024 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants LLC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Snow, blowing snow, freezing temperatures, icy conditions. EE stated EE slipped while working on the sand dryer & caught self, hurting shoulder. No witnesses. Tried physical therapy but progressed to surgery on 4/23/2024.

January 24, 2021 NE · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants LLC. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

After an overnight ice storm, employee was walking over icy ground and slipped and fell, fracturing fibula. The area is not a regular travel route that would have been treated for icy conditions.

February 11, 2019 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

During a snowstorm, employee was outside and stepping down from a sidewalk/cement walkway onto a cement pad covered in snow. The employee slipped on ice under the snow and fell back, which resulted in a muscle strain in the left bicep. The employee is unsure if their bicep impacted the walkway they stepped off of.

December 18, 2017 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic pulled over to check fuel in the generator, while exiting from the fuel truck mechanic stepped on a broken step and sprained right ankle.

November 17, 2017 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped and fell on the driver's side excavator track while cleaning the windshield. While falling, they grabbed onto the grab bar and hit the right lower back on the excavator track. Injury consists of overextension of lower right back muscle, resulting from holding onto grab bar while falling and/or impact with track.

May 23, 2016 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants LLC. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of equipment from a platform approximately 10' high that requires fall protection to access. The employee did not follow company policy by not wearing a harness. In attempt to maneuver the equipment, the employee became unbalanced, and fell from the platform.

May 3, 2016 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee climbed off ladder on John Deere 450 EX and lost footing when EE was on ground. EE fell on ground and hit head on the ground. The fall was not from an elevation but when EE was flat on ground.

December 28, 2015 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Preferred Proppants LLC. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was completing normal work tasks on 12/28/15, at which point he slipped on a patch of ice and fell down. He informed me of the incident, but felt that any stiffness would go away in a few days. On 1/7/16 the employee informed me that his condition did not get better, and he was going to go the chiropractor on 1/8/16.

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