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May 1, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN AREA, WHERE SOME WELDING WAS BEING PERFORMED. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CORNEAL IRRITATION, BILATERALLY, SECONDARY TO WELDING.

September 12, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ALLEDGEDLY INJURED WAS SHOVELING UNDER MAIN CRUSHER; WHEN 8" ROCK FELL DOWN AND STRUCK TOPSIDE OF ARM ABOVE RIGHT WRIST. (PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WERE ISSUED).

August 11, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG POPPED BEHIND EYE GOGGLES AND BURNED HIS LEFT EYE.

February 28, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BEARING OFF OF THE REDUCER WITH A TORCH AND A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

December 13, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A CAT D-7 DOZER HE BACKED OVER A SMALL HUMP CAUSING THE MACHINE TO JERK WHICH IN TURN INFLICTED A SLIGHT WHIPLASH INJURY TO HIS NECK

October 13, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WASS WORKING UNDER TUCK FROM INSIDE GREASE PIT. HE BENT DOWN & STEPPED ON AIR IMPACT HOSE. AIR IMPACT SLIPPED OFF OF CONCRETE SIDE OF PITY & STRUCK INJURED'S HEAD.

September 26, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A PIECE OF HOT SLAG FELL INTO HIS GLOVE THAT HE WAS WEARING ON HIS LEFT HAND.

June 25, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK FELL DOWN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER

March 15, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Fall from machine

AT APPROXIMATELY 8:20 AM ON MARCH 15,1988 GILBER BASS, A PARKER BROTHERS EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED IN A FALL AT THE NEW BRAUNFELS QUARRY.INJURIES ARE EXTENSIVE INVOLVING THE HEAD AND NECK AND HE RE MAINS HOSPITALIZED IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. ON MARCH 14 THE OPERATOR OF THE DRAGLINE USED A DROP LINE OPERATION TO BREAK BOULDERS,HAD RAISED THE CABLE TOO MUCH CAUSING THE SLEEVE ABOVE THE DROP

January 15, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS OPERATING LIMA CRANE AS HE PULLED ON THE DRAG BUCKET LEVER HE FELT PAIN IN BACK THIS FORM BEING SUBMITTED AS RESULT OF PART 50 AUDIT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WERE ISSUED

September 13, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO PUSH A PARTIALLY STUCK CAROSEL LATCH PIN WITH A HAMMER HANDLE.WHILE PUSHING ON THE PIN WITH THE HAMMER HANDLE HE SIMULTANEOUSLY ACTIVATED CAROSEL CONTROL.THE HAMMER HANDLE WAS SPUN3AROUND AND HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE CAROSEL FRAME.

January 30, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS OPE9ATING TEREX LOADER WHEN A HYDRAULIC HOSE INSIDE A CONTROL CONSOLE CAME LOOSE AT A FITTING, HOT HYDRAULIC OIL SPTAYED OUT OF THE CONTROL CONSOLE ONTO INJUREDS R SIDE

November 21, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS CLE5NING ON SIDE OF MAIN CRUSHER, WHEN SMALL ROCK FELL DOWN AND STRUCK TOP RIGHT FOOT

May 24, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A SHAFT WHEN THE SHAFT ROLLED OFF OF THE STAND ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

January 4, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Parker Brothers & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CUTRTING CEDAR WITH A CHAIN SAW WHEN THE SAW CHAIN STRUCK A BUSH IT JUMPED AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE

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