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1983–2026
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May 22, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Materials Corp · Fall from machine

I.NAME FELL FRO4 CATWALK OF ENDDUMP.THE SHIFT WAS JUST STARTING AND ALL HAUL UNITS WERE PARKED SIDE BY SIDE.REACHED FOR UNIT NEXT TO HIS AS HE FELL AND HIT HIS ARM.STARTED HAVING A LOT OF PAIN IN HIS WRIST S2 HE WENT IN IMMEDIATELY TO DR WHO SAID HIS RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN AND WOULD NEED SURGERY.

June 9, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delta Materials Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WALKING IN PLANT & STEPPED ON UNEVEN SPOT. HIS FOOT TURNED & TORE THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

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