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June 16, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter (mounted) (return side) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sweetwater Ready Mix Concrete Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS PRYING LARGE ROCKS FROM HOPPER GRATE WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM SUBJECT SUFFERED PULLED LEFT ELBOW & A CUT & BROKEN SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND

January 18, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

WORKER WAS STANDING ON TRACK AREA OF CAT DOZER,LUBRICATING IT.THE TRACKS AND THE WORKERS FEET WERE MUDDY.THE WORKERS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING THE WORKER TO FALL OFF OF THE MACHINE.THE WORKER SUFFE RED A SPRAINED AND BRUISED FOOT AND LEG.

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