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April 17, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER. HE HAD THE DOOR OPEN WHILE HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER & THE DOOR SUDDENLY CLOSED SHUT CATCHING HIS RT HAND IN THE DOOR.

June 27, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK IN THE PIT AREA BEHIND ONE OF THE PIT TRUCKS PIT TRUCK HAD TO SLOW DOWN FOR THE ROAD GRADER AND I.NAME PANICKED THINKING HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO STOP AND JUMP ED FROM THE TRUCK INJURING HIMSELF BRAKES ON THE WATER TRUCK WERE IN WORKING ORDER

May 10, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PASSING A FRONT END LOADER ON THE HAUL ROAD. HE DROVE OFF SHOULDER OF ROAD & THE DUMP TRAILER CAME LOOSE FROM THE TRUCKS 5TH WHEEL. A PIECE OF IRON THAT WAS WELDED TO T HE TRAILEER CAME THRU THE BACK GLASS STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE EHAD. HE RECEIVED A WOUND TO T HE BACK OF THE HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES.

December 12, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

MR FRIZZELLS TRUCK HAS BEEN LOADED AND HE WAS DRIVING TO THE WASHING PLANT AREA HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE OVER ON THE HAUL ROAD DUE TO TRAFFIC THE TRAILER BEHIND HIS TRUCK SLIDE OFF THE ROAD ONTO A SOFT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND THEN HIS TRUCK FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE

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