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273,193
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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June 6, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Silver Creek Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

The employee was tac welding on a shop table when the incident occurred. During the night the employee had pain in eye. The employee went to the ER for treatment and was given prescription eye drops. The employee returned to work the next morning without pain and had no missed time.

July 7, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Silver Creek Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

Miner was clearing material beneath the hopper for the stacker belt next to the screening plant when a rock jumped out of the hopper and hit Miner's hard hat.

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