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February 18, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Metro Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADER FAILED TO STAY IN FORWARD GEAR WHILE STOCKPILING ROCK STARTED BACK DOWN STOCKPILE BACKWARDS AND HIT PILE OF ROCK AT BOTTOM I.NAME COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN AFTER INCIDENT.

March 30, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metro Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS PICKING UPA 50 LB. BAG OF AMFO AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK. THERE WAS DIAGNOSED A POSSIBLE HERNIATED DISC THAT DID NOT EVER SHOW UP ON X-RAY.

January 31, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Metro Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

1 MAN WAS ON GROUND DIRECTING LOADER OPERATOR THIRD MAN TUCK HAND UNDER BUCKET TO MOVE BLOCK DIRECTOR TOLD OPERATOR TO DROP BUCKET THIRD MAN WAS UNABLE TO MOVE HAND IN TIME.

January 2, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Metro Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

ROGER WAS PULLING BACK ON WRENCH THE WRENCH BROKE AND HE FELL BACK AGAINST MOTOR SUPPORT OF ROCK CRUSHER. HE WAS WEARING THIS HELMET BUT IT WAS RIGHT UNDER THE EDGE OF HELMET

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