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December 19, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

LENF HAND ON BACK HOE TO BRACE HIMSELF AS HE LOOKED UNDER THE BACK HOE - HAND SLIPPED AND SLID ACROSS THE EDGE OF A PIECE OF METAL ON THE BACK HOE - SHORT DEEP CUT ON SIDE OF LEFT THUMB - REQU IRED 4 STITCHES - RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY, NO RESTRICTONS - WAS NOT WEARING HIS GLOVES.

June 7, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

TIRE MAN WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE TIRE IN AREA AWAY FROM CRUSHER OPERATIONS WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE OR WASP- UNKNOWN WHAT KIND- HE IS ALLERGIC TO STINGS- WENT TO ER- BAD REACTION TO MEDS. (PRE-EXISTING ARTERY CONDITION) ARTERIES COLLAPSED- SURGERY REQUIRED.

February 14, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE BROUGHT 2"X 6" BOARD TO THE CRUSHER TO REPLACE ONE THAT WAS BROKEN. HE LAID THE BOARD DOWN,TOHELP CO-WORKER ON THE IMPACT, HE WAS GOING TO MOVE AROUND TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF IMPACT AND STE PPED BACKWARD A FEW STEPS AND STEPPED OFF OF AN ELEVATED AREA. (ABOUT 1') ON TO THE EDGE OF THE BOARD EDGE, ROLLING HIS ANKLE IN THE PROCESS. NOTHING WAS BROKEN ONLY SPRAINED.

January 17, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRAVELING TOO FAST DOWN AN INCLINE, HE TRIED TO SLOW DOWN BY APPLYING LEFT BRAKE. HE APPLIED TOOHARD AND THE ENGINE WAS NEUTRALIZED. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT AND HE LOST CONTROL, SIDE-SWIPED A PICKUP, RAN UP A BERM AND TURNED ON IT'S SIDE.HE RECEIVED MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES ON LEFT LEG. THE ROCK BREAKER IS REPAIRABLE.

June 7, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A R-22 UCLID WHEN HE STEPPED OUT HE HURT HIS FOOT. THIS WAS A THURSDAY ANDHE DID NOT SAY NOTHING TO ME UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN HE TOLD ME HE JUST SPRANGED HIS FOOT, IT WOULD BE O.K. HE CAME TO WORK SATURDAY MORNING AND THE DOCTOR HE WENT AND SEEN SAID NO WORK UNTIL AFTER A CHECK UP APPOINTMENT.

October 16, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON RETRACTABLE LADDER. STEPPED ON LOADER WITH LEFT FOOT AND SHIFTED WEIGHT TO LEFT SIDE. LADDER CLOSED CATCHING RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN LADDER AND LOADER. PINCHED & SPRAINED FOOT(RIGHT).

March 9, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MECHANIC CHANGING TEETH ON LOADER BUCKET, EE GOTUP & TWISTED HIS WAIST WRONG WAY, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES. THIS MECHANIC IS ONLY ON THE CRUSHER ON OCCASION NOT ON FULL DUTY HERE FUL L TIME

November 26, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SHOVELING ROCK OFF BELT TWISTED BACK WRONG AND COMPLAINED OF HURTING BACK. FOREMAN TOOK HIMTO FIRST MED IN TEMPLE.

February 6, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE STEPPING DOWN FROM CRANE DECK HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE OUTRIGGER, CUTTING HIS SCALP. FIVE STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND

May 8, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTED FOR WORK WITH BACK PAIN SAID DIDNOT KNOW WHY HE HURT. HIS SUPERVISOR OFF TO TAKE HIM TO THE CO DR. AND TOLD HIM HE HAD TO CONSULT DR BEFORE HE WOULD BE SHOWED TO WORK. EE TOLD THE SUPERVISOR HE DID NOT CONSIDER HIS BACK PAIN WORK RELATED HE WANT TOSEE HIS DR HE SAID HIS DR HIS PAIN WAS WORK RELATED. THE DR INITIALLY GAVEHIM ONE WEEK OFF WHEN HE FOUND HE HAD NO SICK LEAV

September 26, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A WORN IMPACT BAR FROM CRUSHER TO PLACE OF STORAGE AFTER PUTTING IT DOWN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & CUT HIS LEFT THUMB

March 6, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE REPORTED HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE GOT A CATCH IN HIS BACK. HE REFUSED TO GO TO THE DR HOWEVER HE CONSULTED A FRIEND THE NIGHT OF THE 8TH. THE FRIEND ADMINSTERED A BACK ADJUSTMEN T. THE MORNING OF THE 9TH HE WEN T TO THE EMERGEERGENCY ROOM AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE 2 DAYS OFF THEN LIGHT DUTY FOR 2 WEEKS.

May 11, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLYEE AS A HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS APPROX 30 MINUTES AFTER STARTING WORK HE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS & NEEDED TO SEE HIS DOC HIS DOC DIAGNOSIS WAS A LIGHT HEART ATTACK & HE HAD THE EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED

October 10, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME REPORTED UNABLE TO WORK 22 OCT 90 HE HAD CONSULTED A DOC ON THE 21 OF OCT Z& DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A COMPRESSION FX OF A VERTEBRA HE REPORTED HE THOUGHT IT HAPPENED WHEN HE HAD PICKED UP A PIECE OF PLYWOOD ON THE 10OF OCT HE HAD CONTINTO WORK THROUGH THE WEEK OF 15-19 OCT

June 29, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

OPERATOR REPORTED HE WAS GOING TO CONSUIT HIS DOC ABOUT LOSS OF FEELING IN HIS HANDS & ARMS HE REPORTED LATE THE 29TH THAT DR DID NOT WANT HIM TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL HE HAD CONSULTED DR ON JU LY 2 1990 INDIVIDUAL MISSED HIS APPOINTMENT & WAS RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 6 1990 HE ASKED TO WORK UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT ON JULY 6 1990 HE WAS TOLD HE NEEDED A RELEASE FROM A DOC HE COULD NOT GET

January 26, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED UP LADDER CATWALK WHERE THEY WERE WORKING TO GET DOWN HE JUMPED ON A CONVEYOR BOLT BELOW AND THEN TO THE GROUND WHERE HE SLIPPED ON WET GROUND IN STEAD OF USING LADDER PRO VIVED TO GET DOWN.

October 15, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Odell Geer Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TWO DRILLERS CHANGING DRILL STEEL STEEL FELL FROM ROCK AWAY FROM DRILLERS BUT FLIPPED A ROCK UP & HIT DRILLER ON HAND ROCK WAS ABOUT FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER SKIN WAS NOT BROKEN TOOK DRILLER TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAY DRILLER BACK WORKING IN ONE HOUR

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