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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 5, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Clays Of Texas Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BLADES ON CLAY SAMPLE CRUSHER. THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND PENETRATED HIS HAND, MAKING A PUNCTURE WOUND.

January 10, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Clays Of Texas Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD A JACK WITH A PIECE OF SQUARE TUBING JACKINGPARTS DOWN. JACK SLIPPED & HIT EE IN RIGHT SHOULDER & RIGHT ARM WENT NUMB

June 9, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Clays Of Texas Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS UNLOADING RAILCAR OF SOAPSTONE, USING A 6 FT STEEL BAR TO OPEN BOTTOM HATCH. THE RATCHET/ RATCHET GEAR ON THE HATCH WAS NOT ENGAGED WELL. THE 6 FT STEEL BAR WAS PULLED BY EE INTO HIS RT COLLAR BONE.

February 11, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Clays Of Texas Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE CHIN BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WIT WHOM HE WAS ARGUING. HE WAS STRUCK WITH A WRENCH.

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