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2000–2026
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March 30, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Contact with hot objects or substances

FELLOW EMPLOYEES ALLEGE THAT DRAG CONVEYOR WAS LOCKED UP DUE TO CLOGGED CLINKER. WHEN CLINKER WAS DUMPED, IT HIT STANDING WATER CAUSING STEAM. THE STEAM BURNED EMPLOYEE ON 47% OF HIS BODY.

June 19, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Struck against a moving object

A CUSTOMER DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN WHILE ENTERING THE PLANT. HE DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. THE TRAIN PUSHED THE TRUCK APPROX. 800 FT DOWN THE TRACKS. THE DRIVER DIED OF RESULTING INJURIES.

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