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June 25, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A METAL BAR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 20, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING STARTER ON TRUCK WHILE PULLING OUT THE STARTER, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND'S AND LANDED HIS FOOT.

May 17, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CRUSHER THE BOLTS WERE LOOSENED AND THE DISK SLIPPED OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

May 9, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A MOTOR WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO PUT IT IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LIFTED THE MOTOR.

August 20, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I,NAME SAID HE 4AS GOING TO PUT WATER INTO THE LOADER'S RADIATOR BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING HOT. WHEN HE REMOVED THE CAP, THE PRESSURE BLEW THE CAP OFF AND THE BURST OF STEAM BURNED HIM ON HIS LE FT UPPER CHEST 5ND ARM.

June 23, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE SAID HE LIFT9D A PIECE OF METAL WHICH WAS BLOCKING HIS PATHWAY ON THE ROASD COMING DOWN FROM THE DRILL HE HAD JUST CHECKED.

June 1, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HE 4AS INSTALLING A WATER PUMP BY WASTE POND WHEN PUMP SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS FINGER I.NAME HAD ANOTHER INJURY ON 031687 INVOLVING THIS SAME FINGER WHERE A PIECE OF METEAL SHEARED OFF A CHISEL & 3NBEDDED IN HIS FINGER THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE PAPERWORK & THE COMPANY THOUGHT IT WAS TREATMENT FOR THE SAME INJURY

September 9, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME SAID HE 4AS CLEANING UP PARTS WHEN HE LIFTED THE BLADE BRACE AND FELT PAIN.I NAME FAILED TO USE PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES AND FAILED TO SEEK ASSISTANCE.

July 23, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS TOLD3TO LOAD THE CONVEYOR STAND BY USING THE LOADER AND MOVE THE UNIT TO THE CONTROL HOUSE FOR SOME REASON INSTEAD OF USING THE LOADER HE TRIED TO PHYSICALLY MOVE THE METAL CHUTE 15 0 - 200 LBS 3

December 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HE 4AS TRYING TO OPEN A DOOR WHICH APPARANTLY HAD NOT BEEN OPENED FOR A LONG TIME & WHEN HE JERKED IT HE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK

May 23, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME CHANGING PADS ON TANDUM ROLLER WHEN PAD SLIPPED CAUSING LITTLE (FINGER?) TO BE MASHED BETWEEN PAD AND ROLLER.

May 8, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME REPORTED FOR WORK AT THIS MINE TO WELD PATCH AN AREA ON THE SILO REQUIRING HIM TO BE INSIDE. THE TRAP DOOR WHEAT HE WAS STANDING ON ACCIDENTLY OPENED DUE TO SOME OTHER WORK BEING DONE B EING DONE BY WORKER UNAWARE OF HIS PRESENCE. THE WORKERS PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR BEFORE HE WAS IN SILO AND IT DID NOT OPERATE.

February 4, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME WAS LIFT3NG SOMETHING HEAVY WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING BURNING INHIS STOMACH, BUT HE DID NOT PAY ARNY ATTENTION TO IT, UNTIL 9-20-85 WHEN HIS UMBILICAL STARTED TO HURT & SWELL, BUT THE DR C OULD NOT OPERAT9 TILL 1-14-86.

July 31, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE STANDING UP TO GET OUT OF LOADER I.NAME SAID HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE FAN THAT IS MOUNTED ABOVE THE DOOR

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