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Years on record
1983–2026
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July 27, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Strain Brothers Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED FELT NO PAIN TO TELL HIM WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE BUT WHEN HE GOT UP SAT AM 07-27-91,THERE WAS A PROTRUSION ON HIS ABDOMEN.SINCE HE HAD HELPED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LOAD AND TIE DOWN A 988 L OADER ONTO A HAUL TRUCK AT THE JOBSITE LATE THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON,HE THINKS THAT MUST BE WHEN IT HAPPENED.HE LIFTED BLOCKS.

July 5, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Strain Brothers Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A JACK FROM UNDER A LOADER AND PULLED A RIB MUSCLE. NO TIME LOST.

February 23, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Strain Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING LEGS ON A BIN AND DROPPED LEG ON HIS FOOT.

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