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November 1, 2023 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Martin's Central Sand Co., Inc. · Struck by flying object

Had a problem with the stacker, went to shut machine down. When running under the belt, the operator lost footing and fell resulting in EE's hard hat to fall off. When EE stood back up to put the hard hat on, a rock came off the belt hitting EE in the head. Went to urgent care, just an open laceration. No stitches required, but did go home for the rest of the day.

July 23, 2020 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin's Central Sand Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The loader operator went to close the door on the loader, and smashed finger. This resulted in cutting the end of middle finger on right hand.

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