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1983–2026
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July 24, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Gypsum Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MECHANIC WAS ADJUSTING PRESSURE ON HYDRAULIC LIFT CYLINDER. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON CYNLINDER BASE WHILE OPERATOR WAS LOWERING TRUCK BED. MECHANICS HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN CYLINDER BASE AND CLYINDER. MECHANIC LOST SOFT TISSUE PALMER AND MEDIAL ASPECT OF RIGHT THUMB WITH CRUSHED 1ST AND 2ND JOINTS.

September 11, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Gypsum Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING HAULAGE TRUCK DOWN INCLINE. BRAKES FAILED CAUSING DRIVER TO VEER INTO ANOTHER HAULAGE TRUCK WHICH WAS LOADED AND HAD STARTED UP INCLINE.

January 4, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Gypsum Corp · Struck against a moving object

PUSHING LARGE BOULDER TO ANOTHER AREA IN QUARRY PART OF BOULDER BROKE OFF CAUSING THE MACHINE TO BOUNCE AND JARRING THE OPERATOR INSIDE THE CAB.

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