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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 14, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pappy'S Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

SUNSHINE GREASING DRAGLINE, DROPPED GREASE GUN, RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD. IT KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS.

December 17, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pappy's Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHING ON WRENCH, IT BROKE AND HE FELL OUT OF LOAD BUCKET ON TO DRAGLINE TRACKS. LANDED ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY.

August 18, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pappy's Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON WATER PUMP PIPE WRENCH SLPPED & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH & ANGLE IRON

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