EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING BY AUTOMATIC WELDER, BUILDING UP ROLL CRUSHER. HE WAS WEARING WELDING HELMET AT THE TIME BUT WAS NOT WEARING GLASSES UNDER THE HELMET HOOD TO PROTECT HIS EYES FROM THE BRIGHT FLASH OF NIGHT.
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Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)
December 5, 1994
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BACKED D-8 DOZER OFF EDGE OF BANK.
January 3, 1989
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER & NECK AREA. EMPL HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY IN 4UNE, 1988. EMPL WAS CONCERNED SO HE WENT TO SEE DOCTOR. DR STATED THAT COULD BE CA USED BY BLEEDING OR MUSCLE PUYLL. EMPL STATED HIS DR STATED THAT DISCOMFORT WAS NOT JOB RELATED.
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