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April 1, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex Usa · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE HURT KNEE WHEN HE FELL DOWN A STAIRWAY. HE HAD HIS LUNCH BOX IN ONE HAND AND HIS TOOL BOX IN HIS OTHER HAND.

January 3, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Cemex Usa · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELT NUMBNESS OF LEFT ARM WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER.

July 15, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Cemex Usa · Contact with heat

WORKING IN HEAT WAS OVERCAME RESULTING IN HEAT EXAHUSTION, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, VOMITING AND MUSCLE SPASMS.

April 15, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex Usa · Struck against a moving object

PIT HAUL TRUCK 447 CAME UP SOUTH RAMP LOADED. DRIVER LOST A GEAR. BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD THE TRUCK, SO HE HAD TO BACK DOWN THE RAMP. HE LOST CONTROL, HIT THE SIOR BIRM AND TURNED THE TRUCK ON I TS SIDE. THE DRIVER APPARENTLY WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, AND CUT HIS BACK ON A TOOL BOX LID WHEN THE TRUCK LAID OVER.

July 10, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex Usa · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING OUT FRONTEND LOADER BUCKET, HYDRAULICS ON BUCKET BLED OFF, CAUSING BUCKET TO SLOWLY DESCEND ONTO FOOT.

October 10, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex Usa · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING BARREL OF GREASE (120 LB CAN) AND STRAINED SHOULDER.

August 25, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex Usa · Struck against stationary object

HIT HIS ELBOW ON CRUSHER WHILE CLEANING IT.

September 24, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Cemex Usa · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GOT IN TO POISON IVY WHILE CLEANING AROUND PLANT

August 3, 1994 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex Usa · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING APIECE OF IRON WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE GUARD AND PRY BAR.

June 7, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex Usa · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS WALKING UNDER PORTABLE CONVEYOR AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK.

June 6, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex Usa · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKERS WERE THREADING NEW HOIST LINE THROUGH BOOM OF DRAGLINE WHEN ONE NEW LING SEPARATED FROM THE OLD LINE. THE LINE KNOCKED THE INJURED PARTY ON THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR CUT AND STRAINED BA CK.

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