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1983–2026
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October 8, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME BREAKING TALC ON GRATING ON TOP OF CRUSHER HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEG WENT THROUGH GRATING GU/// HURTING RIGHT KNEE WHICH BECAME BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.

September 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I,NAME WAS WORKING ON #9 ELEVATOR CHANGING A BEARING. HE WAS HITTING THE BEARING WITH A SMALL HAMMER, & A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFFTHE BEARING & SHOT INTO HIS LEFT FAREARM, NECESSITATING REMOVA L OF THE METAL FRAGMENT BY A DOCTOR.

July 26, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS USING A CHISEL AS A WEDGE ON A TRUNION SHAFT ON 60" MILL ROLL. WHEN HE HIT CHISEL IT BOUNCED BACK & HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING REGULAR GLASSES

June 26, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WELDING TEETH FOR LOADER AND LIFTED WELDING HOOD,WHICH KNOCKED HIS SAFETY GLASSES DOWN HIS NOSE.THEN A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.SLAG CAME OUT BEFORE HE SAW DR. WHO EXAM INED EYE AND RX EYE DROPS.

June 10, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HYDRAULIC JACK SLIPPED & SMASHED LEFT THUMB, DOCTOR REMOVED FINGERNAIL

April 23, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HE WAS BUILDING HEAVY FRAMES HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK ONE UP AND RIGHT WRIST WHICH HAD BEEN BROKEN BEFORE.

March 22, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS BUILDING PALLETS AND SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD. THE STAPLE GUN HIT HIS LEG AND SHOT A STAPLE INTO HIS LEG JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE.

March 20, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME WAS PICKING UP A METAL BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

March 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING A WATER PUMP. OTHER EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS SIDE OF THE PUMP, THUS THROWING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE PUMP ONTO I,NAME. THIS PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

March 13, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS LIFTING A BIG ROCK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LOWER BACK

March 12, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pioneer Talc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS MOVING TRACK DRILL IN REVERESE, AND IT RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT, NECESSITATING REMOVAL OF TOENAIL FROM 2ND TOE AT DOCTOR\S OFFICE.

March 14, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Talc Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS HELPING MOVE SMALL TANK. LEG BROKE ON TANK. TRYING TO GET OUT OF WAY AND FELL OVER BUSHES-BRUISED RIGHT SHOULDER AND LEFT THUMB.

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