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1983–2026
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November 25, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE NOTICED BRIDGING AT TRANSFER POINT FROM APRONFEEDER TO INCLINED BELT CONVEYOR. DEENGERGIZED APRON FEEDER ONLY. WHILE DISLODGING OBSTRUCTION A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE INCLINE BELT [ENERGIZED] & STUCK HIS HAND. HAND WAS BETWEEN OBSTRUCTION ROCK & DECENDING ROCK.

March 20, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY LOCK-OUT PROCEDURES FOR REPAIRING PLUGGED SCREW CONVEYOR. THE SCREW CONVEYOR WAS ENERGIZED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY CLEAR THE PLUG WITH A 24" PIPE WRENCH. THE WRENCH WAS TWISTED FROM EMPLOYEE'S HAND RESULTING IN A BROKEN RIGHT HAND REQUIRING A PLATE TO BE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED.

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