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1983–2026
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November 11, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lone Star Industries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED WHILE W5LKING IN MUD THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL 122887/CHECKING BACK HE LOST ONE DAY AFTER THE DAY HE SAID HE GOT HURT/111187 HE WENT TO DOC.ABOUT HIS BACK 122887

June 9, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING OFF CO3VEYOR LOST HIS GRIP WITH LEFT HAND AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON BLOCK OF CONCRETE CRACKING 1 RIB.

February 17, 1986 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE WAS COMING D2WN A LADDER HE REACHED THE FIRST PLATFORM APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET ABOVE THE DECK OF THE SCOW HE WAS MEASURING, HE STEPPED BACKWARDS AND FELL THROUGH THE OPENING FOR THE LADDER WH ICH RESULTED IN3A BROKEN LEFT LOWER LEG.

August 5, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pioneer Construction Materials Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER IT CAUGHT ON FIRE HE WENT OUT OF THE CAB THROUGH THE FLAMES RECEIVING MINOR BURNS HE JUMPED OFF OF THE LOADING APPROX. 15 FT DOWN TO THE GROUND SPRAIN HIS ANKLE HE INHALED THE HEAT FROM THE FLAMES SCORCHING THE SIDE OF HIS LUNGS.

May 10, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pioneer Construction Materials Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A DOCK LINE BACKWARDS AND RRIPED OVER A OLK PIECE OF WATER PIPE PROTRUDING OUT OF THE DOCK FLOOR. HE FELL BACKWARDS ON HIS BUTTOCKS INJURING A DISC IN HIS BACK.

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