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3,112
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1983–2026
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December 8, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER A CONVEYOR SYSTEM.A ROCK FELL CONVEYOR AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.THE ROCK FELL FROM APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET,WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE O

June 3, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Young Brothers Inc Contractors · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM BUCKET OF FRONT END LOADER WHEN BUCKET TIPPED FORWARD EMPLOYEE FELL FROM BUCKET BUT BROKE HIS FALL BY GRABBING LADDER OF DRILL HE WAS WORKING ON BUCKET OF LOADER PINC HED EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BUCKET AND DRILL

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