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November 22, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
E and S Rock · Struck against a moving object

Employee was hauling overburden to the spoil pile in a haul truck and hit a pothole which jarred their back.

February 23, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E and S Rock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE jumped off the tailgate of the powder truck and strained EE's back

May 25, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E and S Rock · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was in the process of put a spring back in a R25 Euclid and the spring slip and pinched finger between the steering cylinder and spring

June 13, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E and S Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing blow bars and liners in Eagle crusher. The hood had been opened and pinned in order to work on machine. South pin must have vibrated out leaving all the pressure on the North pin. The weight from the hood began to bend the pin allowing the hood to close on EE. EE elected to roll the rotor to avoid the hood.

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