INJURED EE WAS PUTTING CRATER GREASE ON OPEN FACE BULL GEAR. HIS CALKING GUN TUBE OF CRATER BURSTED OUT ON THE SIDE AND HE TRIED TO RUB AS MUCH OF THE CRATER ON THE GEARS INTEAD OF REPLACING W ITH ANOTHER TUBE OF CRATER GREASE. THIS ACTION CAUSED HIS HAND TO BE CAUGHT IN THE GEARS WHEN THE HANDLE OF CALKING GUN HUNG ONTO EITHER HIS GLOVES OR BUTTONED SHIRT SLEEVE. HIS RIGHT HAND IN
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November 4, 1991
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Cen-Tex Ready Mix Concrete Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Cen-Tex Ready Mix Concrete Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER GRINDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL.A PIECE OF RUST ENTERED THE EYE.A FACE SHIELD WAS IN USE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
May 19, 1986
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Cen-Tex Ready Mix Concrete Company · Struck by flying object
WHILE OPERATING3A 22B DRAGLINE CLEAN SLUSH PITS AND SLUSH FLEW IN HIS EYE CAUSING 2 SCRATCHES UNDER LEFT EYELID.
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