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Years on record
1983–2026
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July 13, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Sanco Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS STRIPPING OFF OVERBURDEN WHEN BUCKET HIT HARD SPOT. IT PULLED RIGHT TRACK OFF GROUND THEN BUCKET BROKE OUT AND DROPPED SHOVEL HARD BACK TO GROUND.

October 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sanco Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED BACK WHILE WORKING LEVERS ON DOZER.

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