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1983–2026
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September 27, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Delta Materials Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

I,NAME WAS STEA4 CLEANING HIS LOWER. HE WAS UP ON THE LOADER AND JUMPED FROM ONE PART TO ANOTHER WITH THE NOZZLE IN HIS HAND AND STILL DISCHARGING STEAM. THE END OF THE NOZZLE STUCK IN HIS SHO E AND SPRAYED S7EAM ON HIS FOOT CAUSING 2 BURN.

September 14, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Delta Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS CUTTING METAL ON A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH A CUTTING TORCH. HE HAD GLASSES ON, BUT THEY FOGGED UP AND HE TOOK THEM OFF. HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF RUSTY METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

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