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Years on record: 1983–2026
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June 10, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY

Grimmett Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS DRIL5ING A 14FT DRILL STEM CAME DISCONNECTED. IT FELL, HITTING HIM ON TOE OF LEFT FOOT.

September 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY

Grimmett Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

IT WAS REPORTED THAT I NAME WAS IN THE CRUSHER CONTROL HOUSE. A FLYING ROCK FLEW THROUGH A WINDOW OF THE CONTROL HOUSE AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM.

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