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1983–2026
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January 14, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER CAME DO4N INCLINE OF HAUL ROAD TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD DRIVER LET OFF OF GAS BUT COULD NOT STEER TRUCK DRIVER THOUGHT TRUCK WAS GOING TO OVERTURN SO HE JUMPED OUT HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND3 ROLLED HE SUFFERED A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS NECK

August 1, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB WENT OUT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO WHIP HIS ARM AROUND.

July 10, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD

August 1, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOREMANS ARM WAS SOMEHOW CAUGHT IN SMALL FEEDER BELT UNDERNEATH THE HOPPER APP FOREMANS ARM WAS SOMEHOW CAUGHT IN SMALL FEEDER BELT UNDERNEATH THE HOPPER APPLYING CRATER

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