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1983–2026
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February 26, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Schoenfeld Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME BACKED H3S SCRAPER TO WHERE THE DRALINE WAS LOADING WHICH US NEXT TO A HAD OF WATER AS BIG SECTION OF THE BANK WHERE HE WAS PARKED FELL IN WATER OVERTURNING THE SCRAPER.

June 28, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Schoenfeld Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE WORKING O3 BUCKET OF MODEL 6 DRAGLINE (MANUAL) ENGINE DIED OUT & DRAGLING SWUNG TO THE RIGHT. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS CAUGHT BY HOIST CABLE & WAS THROWN OUT OF BUCKET.

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