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.
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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
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.
Quality Magnetite LLC · Fall from machine
Person was on top of dry bulk tank to close lid. Feet slipped.
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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