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1983–2026
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January 7, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS WORKING3ON WINCH TRUCK REPAIRING PTO THE SHAFT SLIPPED CATCHING HAND BETWEEN U-JOINT AND PTO SHAFT

July 2, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER STEPPED THROUGH A HOLE IN A WALKWAY WHILE HOLDING A BRACE TO BE WELDED. THE WALKWAY WAS ON A TRUCK BEING LOADED FOR SHIPMENT FROM PLT 68 TO PLT 27. HE CUT HIS RIGHT LEG AND CRACKED TWO RIBS.

March 6, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CUT CABLE FROM THE DRUM AS IT WAS CUT TI UNCOILED STRIKIING EMPLOYEE ON THE RT SIDE OF FOREHEAD KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE BOOM

August 3, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING CONVEYOR BELT FROM TRUSS FRAME THAT WAS BEING REPLACED THE LOOSE END OF BELT CAUGHT IN TAIL PULLEY WHEN LOOSENING BELT FROM PULLEY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED ON BELT CAUSING IT TO BREAK FREE & HIT I.NAME LEFT HAND AGAINST SHARP PC OF STEEL CAUSING LACERATION ON TOP SIDE OF I.NAME LEFT HAND

October 20, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by falling object

REPLACING GEAR WHICH SLIPPED HITTING ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING BRUISING AND LACERATION.

June 14, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHARLES DENTON STTOD UP WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION DRAG CABLE SLAPPED UP AGAINST HEAD WITH GLAZING BLOW DENTON WAS CLEANING DIRT OUYT OF GREASE SOCKETS GETTING READY TO GREASE FRONT OF DRAGLINE

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