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May 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Texas Talc Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

3/4 INCH DRIVE WRENCH BROKE WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON DOZER BLADE CAUSING PINCHING OF RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN SAME AND BLADE.

June 20, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Texas Talc Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS HOLDING PUNCH FOR MACK MINEYARD TO HIT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND HAD ONE GLANCING BLOW THAT GRAZED FINGER.

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