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January 21, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER, HAD A JUG OF WATER SITTING ON TOP OF FUEL TANK. HE WAS STANDING ON BOTOM STEP HOLDING TOP STEP WITH RIGHT HAND. GRABBED WATER JUG IN LEFT HAND AND LOST BALANCE , FALLING AROUND TO THE RIGHT. HIS WEIGHT PULLEDHAND AGAINST RAIL AND INJURED HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TOO SHORT TO REACH JUG FROM GROUND SO HE CLIMBED LOADER STEPS. HE FRACTURED ULNA/USING SPLINT.

September 8, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A WAQTER HOWSE & LOST HIS FOOTING IN WET SOIL WHILE FALLING HE TRIED TO BREAK THE FALL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND & CUT IT ON A PIECE OF METAL LYING ON THE GROUND COVERED WITH MUD

July 25, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE LOST FOOTING AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN CONE CRUSHER AND CAT WALK INJURING LEFT SHIN.

November 2, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A EUCLID TRUCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING & HIT LEFT KNEE ON VEHICLE.

May 20, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A SHOUT THAT EMPTYS ON CONVEYOR BELT & STEPPED DOWN TO GROUND & TURNED HIS RT ANKLE

March 16, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEPS OF TRUCK & HE INJURED LEFT KNEE

February 27, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON 5 X 16 EL-JAY SCREEN AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING. WHEN EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE ALL OF HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT HAND.

June 22, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WASON TOP OF SCREEN TO REMOVE A ROCK, HE TRIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN BRACE OF MOTOR AND BELT GUARD WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT LANDING ON RIGHT ELBOW (EQUIPMENT WASNOT IN OPERATION).

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