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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.

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.

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

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

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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