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December 29, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LEANED OVER HAND RAIL TO PICK UP A BATTERY, PULLING MUSCLE IN CHEST.

July 8, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TURNING V-BELT PULLEY BY HAND. HE GOT TIP END AND FINGER NAIL ON LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND, BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY GROVE. CUT FINGER AND NAIL. HAD TO HAVE 5 STITCHES.

January 27, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS LACING A 48 IN BELT WHEN HE COMPAINED OF PULLING A MUSCLE.

April 11, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FEELS LIKE THE BUILDING WAS UNLEVEL, AND THAT SITTING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME IN HER CHAIR, CAUSED HER PAIN. EMPLOYEE HAS SEEN LOCAL DR. AND HIS TREATMENT HAS NOT HELPED. HE HAS REF ERRED HER TO ANOTHER DR. TO BE SEEN ON 4-18-94.

November 8, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM TUBE ON HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON ROCKBREAKER. CYLINDER WAS APPROX. WAIST HIGH. EE WAS STANDING UP AND TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF CYLINDER. HYDRAULIC OIL WAS UNDER PRESSURE HI T EE IN THE FACE AROUND THE NOSE AND EYES, OIL WAS NOT HOT. EE WAS WEARING GLASSES. EE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON RIGHT EYE TO REMOVE STEEL.

September 25, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BEATING A ON ROLLERS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF HITTING EE IN THE CHIN. CAUSING A SMALL CUT. EE HAD TO HAVE TO STITCHES.

August 19, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BOLTS IN MASABI FRAME. HE WAS USING A DRY GRINDER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN HIS LEFT EYE.

May 21, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CALLED IN SICK WITH EXTREME BACK PAIN. THEN WENT TO DOCTOR WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIATED DISK.

June 24, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTING BOLT ON HYDRAULIC LINE WHEN HE SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER

April 22, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS LEFT ARM WAS HURTING AND THAT IT HAD BEEN HURTING FOR ABOUT 45 DAYS FROM OPERATING CABLE HAMMER.

November 29, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SOME SCREEN CLOTH IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WHILE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM. THERE WAS NO LIFTING AT ALL. HE SAID HE TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 27, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WS REPLACING BEARING ON #39 CONVEYOR BELT ON TAIL PULLEY. BEARING HOUSING BROKE AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SHAFT AND FRAME. CUT PALM OF HAND AND CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT THUMB.

August 13, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL REMOVING GEAR BOX FROM CONVEYOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER,HIT SHIN WITH HAMMER.HAD TO HAVE 3 STITC

July 23, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

MATERIAL WAS BUILT UP ON SIDE OF FEEDER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FEEDER WHEN A ROCK ABOUT THE SIZE OF HIS HARD HAT ROLLED ACROSS HIS FOOT FROM SIDE OF FEEDER.

July 21, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with heat

EMPL GOT HOT AND STARTED HAVING HEADACHES. Y

February 16, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CONVEYOR #21 EMPLOYEE BENT OVER & HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF WHEN HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP HIS HARD HAT HE HIT HIS HEAD ON CATWALK OF YELLOW 6X16 AC SCREEN EMPLOYEE HAD T O HAVE SUTURES

August 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN SHOP WORKING ON HAMMER. EMPLOYEE LIFTED HAMMER WITH THE CRANE IN THE SHOP. CHAIN SLIPPED AND BREAKER DROPPED ON HAND WHILE TRYING TO PUT BLOCKS UNDERBREAKER.

May 1, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND SHOP YARD, WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON BUMPER OF TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT BED ON TRUCK. SPRAINING RIGHT KNEE.

April 21, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL STANDING ON RECEIVING BOX ON CONE CRUSHER AND REACHED TO GET MED BALL BUT WHEN ROCK FELL AND CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

March 15, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON CONE AT 42 WIND WAS BLOWING SAND BLEW IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

December 27, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOULDER WAS WEDGED IN JAW. STARTED BRAKING BOULDER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, HAMMER HIT WALKWAY AND BOUNCED ACROSS HITTING EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE.

September 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF BATTERY CASE OF A EUCLID. THE STRAPS THT ARE PROVIDED ON THEENDS OF THE BATTERIES. ONE BROKE LETTING THE BATTERY FALL TO ONE SIDE AND BREAKING EMPLOYEE S LEFT FOOT.

August 11, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP SWIVEL BASE ON 6 X 16 SECREEN MOTOR TO INSTALL V-BELTS THE BAR THAT HE WAS USING FOR LEVERAGE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER UNDER THE EDGE OF MOTOR BASE

June 18, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO OPEN GATE AND IT FELL ON HIM. THE GATE WAS TAKEN OFF HINGES AND HANGING THERE WHEN HE TOUCHED IT, IT FELL.

July 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with heat

WAS WORKING OUT IN SHOP, GOT TO HOT HAD SHORTNES OF BREATH, UP SET STOMACH. HAD DIZZNESS. LAID DOWN FOR AWHILE. PEACHES BATHED HIM DOWN WITH COLD WATER AND GAVE HIM LIQUIDS.

June 5, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FIRE
Gifford-Hill & Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING ON ROLL2R, REACHED ACROSS ROLLOR TO START ANOTHER WELD, SHIRT CAUGHT ON FIRE COULD NOT GET SHIRT OFF. BURN ON BACK.

May 13, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A FUEL TANK, DOZER STARTED RUNNING HOT, HE STOPPED MACHINE, STEPPED OFF MACHINE & SLIPPED INJURING FOOT.

April 15, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by concussion

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BEARING ON A C SCREEN DISCHARGE CAN.BELT & GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE.

January 9, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED3A PUMP UP TO MOVE OVER & STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 21, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT IN RIGHT SIDE WITH A PIECE OF MACHINERY, EMP WAS SENT TO DR PATTON HERE IN MEXIA THIS DRS REPORT IS ATTACHED, I.NAME DECIDED HE NEEDED A SECOND OPINION H AS SINCE SEEN HIS OWN DR

May 22, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS INSTALLING CLUTCH IN PICKUP TRUCK AND DIRT FELL IN HIS EYE.

March 28, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
D P Frost Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN STUCK HIS HAND IN CONVEYOR BELT ACCIDENTLY. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN TOLD TO STAY CLEAR AND ASTHE CONVEYOR BELT STARTED UP EMPLOYEE\S HAND WAS THERE AS IF HE DIDN\T UNDERSTAND.

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