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1983–2026
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September 18, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
R L White Company · Fall from machine

DUE TO BRIEF BU7 HEAVEY RAWS EARLIER IN THE DAY DEBRIS HAD WASHED OVER A SECTION OF RRTRACK WHEN THE 25TON LOCOMATION PULLING 2 LOADED CARS TO THE RAIL SCALE REACHED THE AREA IT JUMPED THE TRA CK.THE LOCOMOTI5E OPERATOR,FEARING THE ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER,JUMPED.

January 5, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R L White Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS AP1ROCHING THE OVER BURDEN MUCKPILE WHEN HIS HAUL TRUCK HIT A BUMP. THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT THEN LANDING, BACK IN THE SEAT, FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK AND BACK.

February 8, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
R L White Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS AP1LYING HAND BRAKE ON RAILCAR HE HAD ONE FOOT ON DRAWBAR WHEN THE CAR COUPLED WITH ANOTHER THE EMPLOYEES FOOT WAS CAUGHT IN THE DRAW BAR

January 4, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
R L White Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER GREASING A CONVEYOR HEAD PULEY THE EMPLOYEE REACHED BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND ITS GUARD WHEN THE GREASE GUN BECAME STUCK ON THE FITTING HIS GLOVE BECAME CAUGHT ITS GUARD WHEN THE GREASE GUN BECAME STUCK ON THE FITTING HIS GLOVE BECAME CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR PULLING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE GUARD AND THE EDGE OF THE HEAD PULLEY

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