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Years on record
1983–2026
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May 5, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Borger Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING AIR SUPPLY HOSE TO GREASE GUN; HE WAS HOLDING PUMP WITH HIS LEFT HAND & LET HIS FINGER COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PISTON WHEN IT ACTIVATED.

September 15, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Borger Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

LOADER TOOTH LO8GED IN JAW CRUSHER EMPL CUTTING TOOTH OUT WITH TORCH WHEN TENSION CAME OFF TOOTH IT FLEW OUT AND STRUCK ANOTHER EMPL IN HEAD.DROPPED DOWN AND HIT I.NAME TOP OF HEAD KNOCKING HI M OUT.THEN FELL3ON CUTTING TORCH RECEIVING 3RD DEG.BURNS ON LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER.

September 15, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Borger Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

LOADER TOOTH LO8GED IN JAW CRUSHER.I.NAME OBSER VING CRUSHER OPERATOR CUTIING IT OUT WITH CUTTING TORCH.WHEN TENSION CAME OFF TOOTH,IT FLEW OUT STRIKING HIM IN HEAD ABOVE LEFT EYE.

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