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December 7, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK WHEN LEFT FRONT STEERING BAL JOINT BROKE LOOSE, CAUSING STOPPING THE TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 1, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING PIT TRUCK WHEN HE HIT EMBANKMENT CORRECTED THE STEERING & WENT OFF THE ROAD TO HIS RIGHT.

May 6, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING TRUCK UP TO UNLOAD WHEN HE LOST THE AIR IN HIS TRUCK. WHEN THROWN, OPERATOR WAS THROWN AGAINST DOOR.

April 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME STANDING3ON CATWALK ON 2ND LEVEL CLEANING ROCKS FORM CONVEYOR USING SHOVEL.USED BOTH ENDS OF SHOVEL TO LOOSEN ROCKS AND THOSE HE COULDNT GET OUT HE DECIDED TO BRUSH OUT WITH GLOVED HAND WHILE CONVEYOR3STILL RUNNING.GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN ONE OF THE ROLLERS AND PULLED HIM INTO CONVEYORS FEEDER TAIL PULLEY.

April 14, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
El Paso Sand Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS DRIV3NG 560 LOADER & THE BUCKET WAS REAL LOOSE CAUSING THE LOADER TO JERK

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