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September 8, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SCREEN FOR REPLACEMENT STRAINED BACK.

July 27, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Brazos Point Inc · Contact with heat

SHOVELING FROM UNDER BELT & GOT OVERHEATED.

July 22, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Brazos Point Inc · Contact with heat

WORKING ON FIELD BELT

April 14, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brazos Point Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BANDS FOR 88B ON BACK OF TRUCK WITH OTHER EE WHEN SET BAND DOWN ON BED OF TRUCK. END OF BAND CAME UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH. HE REQUIRED 4 STITCHES IN BOTTOM LIP AND 2 STITCHES IN TOP LIP.

October 14, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Brazos Point Inc · Struck by flying object

CUTTING DUMP LINE WITH CUTTING TORCH, SOME SLAG OFF THE DUMP LINE WENT INTO EYE.

July 24, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING OUT FIELD HOPPER WAS FINISHED IT WAS ABOUT TO GET OUT HE STEPPED ON CROSS BEAM AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HIT RIGHT KNEE ON BEAM DISLOCATING IT.

May 4, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Brazos Point Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER WAS STRIPPING. DOZER WAS PUSHING THE SCRAPER WHICH STRUCK IN LOOSE SAND CAUSING SCRAPER TO STOP ABRUPTLY, WHICH CAUSED THE DOZER TO GIVE THE SCRAPER A JOLT FROM BEHIND.

October 19, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNHOOKING CHAINS USED TO LIFT HOPPER PERSON SLIPPED ON SLOPING WALLS INSIDE EMPTY HOPPER TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

August 4, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Brazos Point Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

33515ING AIRLESS POINT GUN WHEN MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND TOUCHED NOZEL SHOTTING PAIN UNDER FINGER NAIL.

June 4, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR STEPPED DOWN OFF OF DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

March 31, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Brazos Point Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAIN AND ABRASION OF THUMB WAS THE RESULT OF CLEANING UNDER BELT WHEN BELT THIS THUMB BRUISING THUMB AND STRAIN.

August 30, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brazos Point Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PARTY WAS OILING PRIMARY SCREEN SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.

March 10, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brazos Point Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A LOADER WHEN HE HIT A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE BACK OF THE SEAT.

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