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1983–2026
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August 11, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capitol Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A FRONT-END LOADER. AS HE STEPPED DOWN TO GROUND ON HIS LEFT FOOT, ALL OF HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED TO THE FRONT OF HIS FOOT CAUSING A SEVERE TWIST.

September 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capitol Aggregates Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF COKE/COAL BIN NO 32 OBTAINING A SAMPLE FOR COKE/COAL MILL NO 1 EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON MEASURING PIPE NIPPLE AND FELL TO HIS KNEES STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE ON PIPE CAP

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