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June 23, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CANGING FRONT ROLLERS ON THE CABLE GUIDE (DRAGLINE). HE WAS BENT OVER, PULLING THE PIN OUT AND GOT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.

October 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phipps Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROLLING LARGE R2CK BETWEEN FEEDER DOORS, AND IT ROLLED QUICKER THAN ANTICIPTATED AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEN SIDE OF FEEDER AND ROCK, MOMENTARILY BRUISING LEFT HAND

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