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July 2, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Badger Mining Hixton, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was reaching into a partially opened tin of welding rods and the lid cut their arm above the wrist. Being in a hurry and not completely removing the tin lid caused the accident. Employee received 7 stitches to close the wound.

May 31, 2024 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Badger Mining Hixton, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was operating a Dingo MT-100 to clean out underneath a conveyor structure. While backing out from under the structure, the employee's left elbow struck the x-frame of the structure, resulting in a fracture of employee's wrist.

April 27, 2023 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Badger Mining Hixton, LLC · Struck by falling object

Two Employees were working on a small receiving hopper attached to a conveyor. When the employees loosened the bolts to rotate the hopper, the hopper fell to ground, striking one of the employees in the shoulder.

April 16, 2023 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Badger Mining Hixton, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While working on a conveyor, the employee was adjusting the backsplash to center load the conveyor. While the employee was adjusting the backplate, the employee's grip loosened causing the plate to slip from a controlled grip and landed on the tips of two fingers, pinched between angle iron of the backplate and frame of conveyor.

March 22, 2022 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · OTHER

A miner was servicing a floating pump. While working, the pump capsized, trapping the miner underwater.

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