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January 16, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ELECTRICAL
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Contact with electrical current

OPERATOR WAS WROKING WITH GIFFORD-HILL CREW MOVING A LARGE HOPPER ON R/R TRACKS. THE CREW WAS MOVING THE HOPPER BACK & FORTH CURVING THE TRACKS EACH TIME TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF T HE H OPPER WHEN ONE SET OF WHEELS CAME OFF THE TRACK SAT MORN. & REQUIRED AL DAY YO REPAIR. MEANWHILE MARTIN ELECT. COMM CONT EXTENDED A 4160 FIELD LINE OVER THE OPPOSITE END OF THE TRACKS. SUN MO

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