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June 6, 2005 AR · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER ROCK.

October 5, 2004 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN ROCK OUT OF A JAW CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER ROCK.

May 31, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS CLEARING TREES WITH A 963 CAT TRACK LOADER HE HAD STOPPED THE LOADER AND GOT OFF. WHEN HE GOT BACK ON THE LOADER HE DROVE FORWARD OVER A MOUND OF DIRT, AS THE LOADER TRAVELED OVER THE MOUND OF DIRT IT TIPPED FORWARD THROWING EE FORWARD INTO THE MIRROR BRACKET.

September 19, 2002 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

PICKED UP A CHEEK PLATE AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIS FOOT AT THE INSTEP.

August 25, 2000 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A ROCK ON A BERM & ROCK SLIPPED

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