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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 26, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
South Texas Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE RUNNING A DRILL ON BLASTING SITE OVER ROUGHT GROUND, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

May 23, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
South Texas Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL RUNNING DR3LL ON BLASTING SITE OVER ROUGH GROUND.STARTED FEELING BACK PAIN.WAITED TO SEE IF IT WOULD GO AWAY IN A FEW DAYS BUT IT DIDNT SO HE WENT TO SEE DR.

December 26, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
South Texas Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING SCRAPER HIT A BUMP ON RAMP OF STOCKPILE CAUINGF A LITLE PAIN IN STOMACH HE SAW ONE DR AND HE TOLD HIM IT WAS A SWOLLEN COLON INTESTINE BUT HE KEPT FEELING SICK SO HE SAW ANOTH DR AND HE SAID HE HAD A HERNIA ON HIS NAVAL AND NEEDS SURGERY

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