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December 22, 2025 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Magnetite LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING REGULAR TASK OF LOADING A TANKER TRAILER WITH MAGNETITE UNDER THE #4 TANK. EMPLOYEE WAS UNLATCHING THE LAST LATCH ON THE LID OF THE LOAD PORT WHEN THEY FELT SOMETHING PULL IN THEIR STOMACH,WITH A BURNING SENSATION.

August 3, 2018 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Magnetite LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was cutting banding off a pallet with a knife, it slipped and stuck in EE's hand.

May 23, 2016 WV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Quality Magnetite LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Operating bag machine. A bag ruptured spraying hot magnetite into left eye.

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