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1983–2026
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May 18, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Featherlite Building Products Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CAT 977L AROUND A QUARRY LEDGE THE 1977 SLID INTO THE QUARRY HOLE AND EE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE INSIDE ON THE CAB.

November 4, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Acme Brick Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING FORWARD AT A LOW SPEED WHILE LIFTING A LOADED BUCKET. THE LIFT LEVER STUCK IN THE LIFTING POSITION, AND WHEN THE BRAKES WORE APPLIED, THE LOADER NOSED OVER AND R ESTED ON BUCKET.

April 17, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Acme Brick Company · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS LOADING THE SCRAPER, WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE BROKE OFF AND WAS SPINNED OUT FROM UNDER THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL INTO THE HOLE LEFT BY THE PIECE OF SHALE JARRING HIM AROUND IN THE CAB.

October 10, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Acme Brick Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A DEFLECTOR PLATE ON THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR THE DEFLECTOR WAS BROUGHT CLOSE TO THE RUNNING CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR GRIPPED THE PLATE AND HIS HAND PULLING T HEM DOWNWARD CAUSING SEVERE LACERATION

June 15, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Featherlite Building Products Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

I.NAME WAS TRYI3G TO PUT SAND PAPER ON HEAD PULLEY WITH MOTOR RUNNING & THE HEAD PULLEY SLIPPED INSIDE THE BELT WHEN THE BELT CAUGHT THE SAND PAPER THE BELT STARTED TO MOVE & CAUGHT HIS ARM BN BETWEEN THE BEL7 & THE HEAD PULLEY

June 23, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Featherlite Building Products Corp · Struck against a moving object

CLEANING R R TRACK WHEN HIT TRACK WITH BUCKET OF LOADER CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN FORWARD HITTING LEFT SIDE.EMPL NOT WEARING SAFETY BELT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

September 6, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Featherlite Building Products Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMP DRIVING FORD TRACTOR WHEN TRACTOR RAN OVER CLINKER AND THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND CATCHING HIS THUMB

April 22, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Featherlite Building Products Corp · Struck by falling object

CLINKER FELL OFF TUNNEL BELT AND HIT EMPL ON TOP OF RIGHT KNEE.

February 17, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Featherlite Building Products Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR. BEARDEN POSITIONED THE CRAWLERLOADER & LIFTED THE GRAVITY TAKE-UP WITH THE BUCKET. AFTER LIFTING THE BUCKET, HE LEFT THE OPERATORS POSITION TO INSPECT THE GRAVITY TAKE-UP WHILE STANDING I N THE BUCKET. THE LOADER MOVED BACK CAUSING THE LIFTED PORTION ON THE GRAVITY TO SLIP STRIKING HIM ON THE PELVIC REGION.

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