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December 18, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laredo Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Customer's driver was inside belly dump cleaning when the doors closed on his legs. This driver works for Guerrero & Sons Trucking company. He is not an employee of this company. One leg was broken and the other fractured. He did not place safety pins in place to insure doors would stay open.

August 2, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laredo Paving Inc · Struck by falling object

Was installing a gear box. Gear box slipped out of hands and hit left knee causing bruising and swelling requiring medication and therapy.

April 26, 2006 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laredo Paving Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Replacing hammer wedges on universal. Twisted wrong in an enclosed area and strained upper back. Required prescription medication and therpy.

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