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1983–2026
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August 29, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPE9ATING A SCRAPER,HIT A BUMP,THUS INJURING HIS BACK.

July 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS DRI5ING FORKLIFT PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO PASS AND COLLIDED WITH ENCDOF CONVEYOR SECTION THAT IS STORED BEHIND THE CRUDE STORAGE BUILDING COMPOUND FRACTURE OF LEFT L OWER LEG 3

October 3, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Fall from machine

LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACKING DOWN OFF A STOCKPILE WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE CLUMP OF CLAY WITH THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. THIS CAUSED THE LOADER TO FLIP TO THE LEFT OVER A 10 FT. EMBANKMENT. THE OPER ATOR JUMPED OFF TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE LOADER TURNED OVER.

September 29, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ WAS HELPING MAINTENANCE MAN UNHANG FINGERS FROM V BELT PULLTY MOTOR ACCIDENTLY STARTED AND PULLED NAZARIOS FINGERS THROUGH THE PINCH POINT OF V BELT PULLEY

August 31, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Clay Products Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A BAG OF MATERIAL WAS HUNG UP AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A PACKER CONVEYOR WITH A WIRE MESH BELT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE REACHED TO PUSH THE BAG OFF AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN THE WIRE MES H BELT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED OFF APPARENTLY BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY SPROCKER ,O

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