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273,193
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2000–2026
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November 2, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
TOR Minerals International · Struck against stationary object

The employee was trying to get the material to flow from a silo by hitting onto the conical bottom of the silo using a plastic mallet. The mallet slipped from his hand and his right hand knuckles hit the metal ring on the silo. The employee did not request for medical treatment until 11/21/2011 and was on restricted duty.

June 29, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
TOR Minerals International · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injury occurred inside of a building. Injury cause was a stuck bolt on a piece of equipment.

December 2, 2005 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
TOR Minerals International · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured person was trying to pry open the chamber door to a Drais mill, when the pry bar he was using slipped. The injury occured when he over extended his right elbow. The doctor diagnosised the injury as a lateral epicondylitis of the right elbow.

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