MECHANIC WAS ADJUSTING PRESSURE ON HYDRAULIC LIFT CYLINDER. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON CYNLINDER BASE WHILE OPERATOR WAS LOWERING TRUCK BED. MECHANICS HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN CYLINDER BASE AND CLYINDER. MECHANIC LOST SOFT TISSUE PALMER AND MEDIAL ASPECT OF RIGHT THUMB WITH CRUSHED 1ST AND 2ND JOINTS.
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July 24, 1995
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Gypsum Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
September 11, 1993
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Gypsum Corp · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS DRIVING HAULAGE TRUCK DOWN INCLINE. BRAKES FAILED CAUSING DRIVER TO VEER INTO ANOTHER HAULAGE TRUCK WHICH WAS LOADED AND HAD STARTED UP INCLINE.
January 4, 1989
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Gypsum Corp · Struck against a moving object
PUSHING LARGE BOULDER TO ANOTHER AREA IN QUARRY PART OF BOULDER BROKE OFF CAUSING THE MACHINE TO BOUNCE AND JARRING THE OPERATOR INSIDE THE CAB.
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