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1983–2026
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March 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iec Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING WIRE ATTACHED TO PUMP DOWN HOLE WHILE SMEAL WAS FISHING OUT BY WIRE, WIRE SLIPPED SORE BACK.

January 18, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iec Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OUT A STRAINER (3/4IN.PVCPIPE) WHICH BROKE CAUSING CALCITE CHIPS TO POUR OUT & SOME CHIPS GOT IN HIS EYES

November 3, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iec Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING PU4P AND MOTOR EMPLOYEE'S HAND HIT HOIST SUPPORT. EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED WASHING PUMP AND MOTOR AND WAS MOVING IT TO SHOP WHEN PUMP SHOVED HAND INTO HOIST SUPPORT.

May 27, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Iec Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING A BATTERY INTO THE BACK OF A SMEAL. THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE BATTERY AND WHILE WALKING TO THE SMEAL A SHARP PAIN BEGAN IN THE EMPLOYEES LOWER BACK.

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