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April 3, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C H & C Materials · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS CHI8ELING OUT BOWL LINER ON CRUSHER WHEN TWO PIECES OF METAL FLOW INTO HIS EYES. HE WAS WEARING SUNGLASSES NOT SAFTEY GLASSES.

March 11, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
C H & C Materials · Contact with electrical current

HE WAS LAST SEE3 THROWING A PIECE OF CABLE UP IN A TREE TO BRAKE SOME LIMBS OFF TO MAKE A FIRE. HE WAS FOUND FACE DOWN A LONG FENCE LINE NEAR HIS STATION. THE FOREARM AND EMPLOYEE IMMEDIATELY STARTED CPR UNT3L THE EMS ARRIVED

March 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H & C Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OUR OPERATION I8 LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF RIVER AND AT THE TIME IT WAS AT FLOOD STAGE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT KNEE DEEP IN WATER MOVING A DISCHARGE PIPE TO THE WATER PUMP. HE SAID HE WAS MOVI NG IT SIDE TO S3DE ACROSSED THE WATER TO GET IT MOVED AROUND.

January 9, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
C H & C Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS TURNING 6REAKER TO START SYSTEM AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS MOISTURE IN THE BOX,SHORTED OUT AN CAUGHT BOX ON FIRE.

October 22, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
C H & C Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WELDING 5ND THE STEEL GOT IN A BIND AND POPPED UP THROWING HIM INTO THE AIR

February 6, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C H & C Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AREA WAS MUDDY 5ND HE WAS JUST WALKING ALONG WITH A ROLLER IN HAND, AND SLIPPED IN THE MUD

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