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September 7, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Leander Cut Stone Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EE WAS PUSHING A BLOCK WITH THE OVERHEAD CRANE AND HURT HIS BACK.

December 19, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Leander Cut Stone Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CLEANING BEHIND QUARRY SAW, WHEN ROCK CAME FLYING OUT & HIT HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HEAD,TO THE LEFT OF THE LEFT EYE.

September 27, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Leander Cut Stone Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD NOT RAISED 4INCH STOVE SLAB HIGH ENOUGHT TO GET OVER THE TOP OF EXISTING SLABS ALREADY STANDING IN PLANT AREA. HE THEN BUMPED THE EXISTING SLABS IN PLAN AND THEN TO CORRECT THE MOVEMENT OF THE SLABS HE HAD ONT HE CRANE HE GRABBED THESLABS AND GOT HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN TWO OF THEN AND THEY BROKE LEAVING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND SMASHED.

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