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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 8, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hughes Drilling Fluids · Struck by flying object

REPLACING JOURN5LS BACK INTO MILL,1 JOURNAL KNOCKED AGAINST BULLRING AND PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK EMPL IN THE SIDE.

June 28, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hughes Drilling Fluids · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING GUARD ON BACK OF LOADER. (GUARDS BATTERIES & REFUELING CAP), PIN HINGES WERE WORN AND GUARD FELL WITH EMPLOYEES HAND AND FINGERS THROUGH GUARD. GUARD AND FINGERS STRUCK CO OUNTER WEIGHT OF LOADER. BRUISED RING AND MIDDLE FINGER AND 12 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED IN FINGERS.

September 14, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hughes Drilling Fluids · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SACKING BULK BARITE IN THE MORNING UPON BREAKING FOR LUNCH JEFF SAID HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE ATER RUBBING IT HE SAID THAT IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM 2 SENT HIM TO THE COMP ANY DOCTOR TO INSURE EMPLOYEES SAFETY DOCTOR REMOVED FOREIGN BODY AND RETURNED JEFF TO WORK AT FULL CAPACITY

September 8, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hughes Drilling Fluids · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREE EMP WERE LIFTING A 200 POUND WHIZZER GEAR DRIVE INTO PLACE UPON SETING DOWN JOSEPH HAND WAS UNDER UNIT PINCHED RING FINGER ON RT HAND NO BROKEN BONES BUT A FEW MINOR CUTS TO WHICH OINTM OINTMENT AND BANDAGE WAS APPLIED

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