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April 27, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dean Word Company Ltd · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was using a shovel and strained EE's shoulder.

January 19, 2026 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dean Word Company Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to move a rock at the crusher and mashed left middle finger between two rocks.

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