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September 13, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BINS FOR HOT MIX PLANT. HE WAS GRINDING A PLATE WITH AN AIR GRINDER WHEN IT SHATTERED AND HIT HIM.

May 4, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN HOT SLIVER OF WELDING MATERIAL BURNED THROUGH HIS PANTS INTO HIS BOOT.

April 27, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING OVERHEAD WHILE LAYING ON FLOOR-NECESSARY TO COMPLETE PROJECT-A PARTICLE OF WELDING SLAG WENT INSIDE HIS RIGHT EAR.

October 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WAS3USING THE GRINDING WHEEL WHEN SOMEONE CALLED HIS NAME AND HE TURNED TO RESPOND.HIS HAND SLIPPED ON THE SPINNING WHEEL.HE SUSTAINED AN ABRASION ON THE WEBBED PORTION BETWEEN HIS RIGHT INDEX AN8 MIDDLE FINGER. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY AND IT HAD BECOME INFECTED.

September 8, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDER WAS USIN1 A CARBON ARC WELDER TO REPAIR A BROKEN MOUNT ON THE LOADER BUCKET & I.NAME WAS USING THE CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE OLD TEETH WHEN APPARANTLY HE RECEIVED FLASH BURN IN BOTH EYE FROM THE ARC 3

August 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SAID HE 4AS USING THE PORTABLE GRINDER TO CLEAR OFF SOME BURRS FROM CRUSHER & WHEN HE PUT THE WHEEL TO THE CRUSHER IT KICKED BACK & STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING A LATERATION

August 10, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I NAME WAS HOLD3NG FABRICATED DRUM SUPPORTS FOR THE WELDER. HE HAD DARK SAFETY GLASSES BUT APPARANTLY THERE WAS ENOUGH EXPOSURE TO REFLECTED WELDING ARC AND IT CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYE.

April 26, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS SCRE9NING SOME ROCK WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF

October 16, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME SAID HE WAS DRILLING BY THE BUILDING STONE WHEN ONE FELL & PINNED HIS LEFT ANKLE AGAINST THE BOOM OF DRILL

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