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1983–2026
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May 10, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Heldenfels Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WENT BACK OF TEREX REAR DUMP TO PICK UP SOME LIMBS OUT OF FEEDER WHEN ROCK FLEW OUT OF CRUSHER & HIT HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIB.

July 16, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Heldenfels Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS SE7TING ON A STOOL IN FRONT OF GRINDER SHARPENING SOME DRILL BITS HE HEARD A NOISE BEHIND HIM AND TURNED AROUND TO SE WHAT IT WAS AND HIS RT KNEE WENT INTO GRINDER

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