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February 7, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNDERNEATH DRAG5INE WITH PRY BAR PUTTING ON WARL//// WALKING CHAIN.OPERATOR STARTED TO ROLL CHAIN AROUND TO PLACE IT ON PINNING HIM BETWEEN PRYBAR AND GROUND BRUISING LEFT SIDE.

August 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ATTACHING CRANE HOIST CABLE TO CRUSHER FRAME WHEN CRANE OPERATOR LIFTED HOIST AND EMPL CAUGHT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN CABLE AND FRAME.

August 5, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRAGLINEWHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND THE FRAGLINE WENT INTO THE PIT.EMPLOYEE COMPLAINES OF LOWER BACK PAIN.

June 25, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A DRAGLINE WHEN IT MALFUNCT IONED & STARTED TO TURN OVER EMPLOYEE THEN HAD TO JUMP FROM DRAGLINE & HE FELL ON HIS ARM CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NERVE ENDINGS

June 13, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPL WELDING PIPE WHEN HE WAS BURNED SLIGHTLY FROM SPARKS,IN THE EYES.

May 28, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A HYDRAULIC HOSE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE FAN BLADE

June 23, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with heat

WAS OVERCOME BY HEAT WHEN INSIDE THE HOPPER WHILE THEY WERE WELDING ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT. HE FELT HE DIDNT NEED MEDICAL ATENTION AT THE TIME BUT COULD NOT WORK ON MONDAY LOST TIME BEGAN 6-25-8 4

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