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October 22, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Maverick Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE BY CRUSHER, A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE CRUSHER AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND AND BRUISED THE RIGHT HAND.

January 22, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Maverick Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

SUB-CONTRACTOR WAS MOVING HIS LIFT AND HIT OVERHEAD LIGHT BULB CAUSING IT TO BREAK AND FALL. THEGLASS CUT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

February 25, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Maverick Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELTS HAD COME OFF CRUSHER DRIVE PULLEY. EMPLOYEE TOLD FOREMAN FOREMAN INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE TOSHUT DOWN & LOCK OUT CRUSHER MOTOR THEN REMOVE GUAARDS TO REPLACE BELTS, EMPLOYEE SHUT DOWN CRUSH ER BUT INSTEAD OF REMOVING GUARD HE STUCK HIS HAND THRU THE GUARD WHILE PULLEY WAS STILL ROTATING.

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