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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 13, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL USING HAMMER TO KNOCK PADDLES OFF LAG WASHER WHEN PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF HAMMER HEAD AND IMBEDDED IN LEFT SIDE OF EMPL FACE.

March 1, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT A PIN ON A SHAKER WHEN A STEEL FRAGMENT BROKE OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT THUMB

October 12, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL BELLY PAN ON DOZER WHEN PAN SLIPPED OFF COME-ALONG CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN PAN AND FLOOR.

November 13, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE SPOOL OF CABLE WHEN SPOOL SLIPPED CATCHING LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND PIECE OF METAL.

September 14, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP UNTIGHTEN WEDGE WHEN IT CAME OUT THE WEDGE SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE RESULTING IN CONTUSION OF THE NOSE

October 14, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thorstenberg Materials Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE CHIPPING FLUX OFF WELD,FOREIGN BODY WENT I LEFT EYE.EMPL WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION AT THE TIME.

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