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1983–2026
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May 9, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D HIS BACK WHILE PERFORMING HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES OF LOADER OPERATOR.HE MAY HAVE MADE A WRONG MOVEMENT.(SUDDEN TWIST ETC)WHICH CAUSED THE INJURY.

June 3, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE FORKLIFT WHEN HE FELT A PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS.

August 1, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING IN THE HYDRATOR AREA WITH THE VACUUM TRUCK. THE HYDRATE PILED UP AND COLLAPSED ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE CAUSING LIME TO GET INTO EYE.

May 3, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Lime Company · Struck by powered moving object

FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS BACKING OFF FROM LOADING A TRUCK AND WAS TURNING AROUND TO GO FOWARD INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS JUST STANDING THERE AND FORKLIFT RAN OVER SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT

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