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January 14, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER CAME DO4N INCLINE OF HAUL ROAD TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD DRIVER LET OFF OF GAS BUT COULD NOT STEER TRUCK DRIVER THOUGHT TRUCK WAS GOING TO OVERTURN SO HE JUMPED OUT HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND3 ROLLED HE SUFFERED A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS NECK

August 1, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB WENT OUT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO WHIP HIS ARM AROUND.

July 10, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD

June 6, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING FLEX BASE, WHEN HIS TRUCK SLID INTO MUD AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. WHEN EMPLOYEE BRACED HIMSELF, HIS BODY HIT THE SIDE OF TRUCK CAUSING BRUISES.

April 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck against a moving object

ON 4-19 EE STATED TO FOREMAN THAT HE WAS HAVING SOME BACK TROUBLE DUE TO RUNNING THE LOADER ON AN INCLINE. ON 4-23 THE PAIN HAD WORSENED & HE HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.

January 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING V-BELT AT END OF CONVEYOR WHEN HIS SLEEVE CAUGHT. HE SPRAINED HIS WRIST & SCRAPED HIS ARM.

October 4, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM CONVEYOR AND HIT LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND

September 19, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING TAIL PULLEY ON 918 CONVEYOR A ROCK CAME OFF THE HOPPER AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD HE DIDNT WISH TO GO TO DR. THERE WAS NO LOST TIME FROM WORK

August 1, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOREMANS ARM WAS SOMEHOW CAUGHT IN SMALL FEEDER BELT UNDERNEATH THE HOPPER APP FOREMANS ARM WAS SOMEHOW CAUGHT IN SMALL FEEDER BELT UNDERNEATH THE HOPPER APPLYING CRATER

March 27, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Fall from machine

LOADER WOULD NOT STOP-OPERATOR PANICKED & JUMPED OUT OF LOADER, HURTING RIBS.

January 18, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CHECKING SHORT OF #2 SCREEN-PANT LEG HUNG ON SHAFT OF 909 TAIL PULLEY AND TWISTED PANT LEG, CAUSING BRUISING TO LEFT LEG.

January 17, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND TAIL PULLEY, SHOVEL HUNG IN TAIL PULLEY & HANDLE HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE LACERATING MOUTH.

October 31, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

LABORER WAS CHECKING ROCK IN JAW CRUSHER EUKE DRIVER DID NOT KNOW HE WAS IN CRUSHER AND DUMPED HIS LOAD OF ROCK ROCK PILED UP ON JOSES FOOT AND LEGS UP AROUND HIS KNEES HIS FOOT WAS REPORTED B LACK AND BLUE AND SCRATCHED BADLY

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