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March 28, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Marock Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OVER HAND RAIL OF CATWALK STEPPED ONNTHE LEDGE AND TWISTED HIS FOOT.

March 25, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE SMASHED BOTH HANDS IN TAILGATE

March 3, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Marock Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING LIGHT BULB AT PLANT STEPPED ON PIPE AND BENT FOOT BACK TOWARDS LEG.

February 17, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS LEANING INTO TRUCK REPLACING STARTER LEANED TOO FAR AND OPPED SHOULDER.

January 20, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Fall from machine

EMP. WALKING ON TONGUE OF TRUCK SLIPPED AND FELL ON BACK.

December 28, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING OUT BED OF TRUCK SLIPPED ON ICE FELL ON LEFT SHOULDER.

December 12, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Fall onto or against objects

LUNGED HITTING HIMSELF BETWEEN SHOULDERS WITH A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

July 2, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING CHUTE OF SOUTH SHAKER. BAR SLIPPED BRUISING HAND.

May 19, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF OF CONE @ CRUSHER INJURING SHOULDER.

February 10, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM TAIL GATE, CAUGHT HAND IN GATE.

January 27, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING HOOD ON EUK AND HIT HIS CHIN, CAUSING A CUT ON CHIN.

October 31, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marock Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON TAIL PULLY OF CONVEYOR WITH PRY BAR. PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIS HAND HIT CORNER OF HIS TOOL BOX. WENT TO DECATUR HOSPITAL & SAID JUST A BAD BRUISE HOWEVER BY 11-3 HIS HAND SWELLED AND AF7ER FURTHER EXAMINATION HE HAD BLOOD POISONING IN HIS HAND.

August 25, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Marock Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMP WAS MOVING 1UMP ON BARGE. BARGE HAD BEEN DE-ENGERIZED AT CONTROL HOUSE. WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS READY TO START PUMP HE SIGNALED CONTROL BOOTH. OPERATOR MISUNDERSTOOD & RE-ENGERIZED CAUSING ELEC TRICAL SHOCK 3

August 12, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING IN PLANT AREA, STUMBLED INJURING LEG.

August 11, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TAKE CONE CRUSHER APART, HE WAS STANDING ON THE TOP PART. IT SWUNG OUT & HIT LEG AGAINST A PIECE OF I-BEAM BRUISING HIS LEG.

August 11, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUTTING C2NE BACK TOGETHER, WEDGE SLIPPED & PINCHED THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

August 6, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Marock Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED OUT OF 7RUCK WHILE WAITING TO LOAD. STEPPED ON A ROCK & TWISTED ANKLE.

July 17, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING DOWN FROM TRUCK. RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON MUD TRIED TO BRACE MYSELF WITH LEFT FOOT STEPPED IN HOLE & KNEE SNAPPED BACKWARDS.

July 12, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING REMOVE A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE NORTH CONE, THE METAL FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM & BURNED IT.

May 2, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager ELECTRICAL
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with electrical current

CONVEYOR TO CLO8E TO HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND BURNS

May 2, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with electrical current

CONVEYOR WAS TO2 CLOSE TO HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND BURNS UPPER CHEST TO WAIST

May 2, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with electrical current

CONVEYOR TO CLO8E TO HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE ELECTROCUTED-DECEASED.

April 4, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING A SCREEN WHEN THE SCREEN SLIPPED & HIT HIM IN THE RIB CAGE AREA, HE IS COMPLAINING OF PAIN & BRUISES IN THE RIB CAGE AREA.

March 21, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS PUTTING 2N A NEW SCREEN ON A SHAKER STANDING ON A ROCK CHUTE SLIPPED AND FELL CUTTING HIS RT LEG ON LIFTING EYE THAT WAS WELDED TO THE CHUTE

March 12, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS GREASING3THE CONVEYOR, HE SLIPPED AND FELL, SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE

February 25, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING TE9TH ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET USING A HAMMER AND BAR DRIVING ONE OF THE TEETH OFF THE BUCKET A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE KNEE GOING TO THE KNEE JOINT

February 24, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

I,NAME WAS DRIV3NG A TRACK PIN INTO A TRACK PAD WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF PIN TO HIT HIM IN HIS LEFT FOREARM GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE. I,NAME WAS DRIV3NG A TRACK PIN INTO A TRACK PAD WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECEO FO METAL BROKE OFF PIN & HIT HIM IN HIS LEFT FOREARM GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE.

February 8, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS UNDERNEA7H DRAGLINE CUTTING BOLTS OFF WITH AN ACETYLINE TORCH & SOME HOT SLAG FELL OFF AND GOT HIS PANTS ON FIRE BURNING HIS RIGHT LEG,HIS LEG GOT INFECTED

February 7, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNDERNEATH DRAG5INE WITH PRY BAR PUTTING ON WARL//// WALKING CHAIN.OPERATOR STARTED TO ROLL CHAIN AROUND TO PLACE IT ON PINNING HIM BETWEEN PRYBAR AND GROUND BRUISING LEFT SIDE.

January 14, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER CAME DO4N INCLINE OF HAUL ROAD TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD DRIVER LET OFF OF GAS BUT COULD NOT STEER TRUCK DRIVER THOUGHT TRUCK WAS GOING TO OVERTURN SO HE JUMPED OUT HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND3 ROLLED HE SUFFERED A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS NECK

December 26, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marock Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STUMPE8 HIS TOE WHILE CARRYING A LARGE PIECE OF STEEL.WHEN HE FELL,THE PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON THE FIRST FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR RECEIVED FOUR STITCHES,AND RETURN TO WORK. 3

November 9, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DI1GING OUT OF JAW CRUSHER, WHEN SOME ROCKS FELL ON HIS HAND

October 29, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS WALKING FROM SAND BELT TO TOOL RM WITH HIS HEAD LOOKING BACK TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN HE WALKED INTO BOOM OF BOOM TRUCK HE HIT HES HEAD AND CUT THE SKIN ABOUT 1 INCH LONG O ON HIS FOREHEAD EMP DOES NOT FEEL MEDICAL ATTENTION IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME

August 27, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ATTACHING CRANE HOIST CABLE TO CRUSHER FRAME WHEN CRANE OPERATOR LIFTED HOIST AND EMPL CAUGHT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN CABLE AND FRAME.

August 5, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DRAGLINEWHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND THE FRAGLINE WENT INTO THE PIT.EMPLOYEE COMPLAINES OF LOWER BACK PAIN.

August 1, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB WENT OUT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO WHIP HIS ARM AROUND.

July 26, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HOLDING TRACK WHILE FELLOW EMP HAMMERED IT IN THE FELLOW EMP MISED AND HT I NAMES FINGER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING SEVER BRUISES

July 10, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD

June 25, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON A DRAGLINE WHEN IT MALFUNCT IONED & STARTED TO TURN OVER EMPLOYEE THEN HAD TO JUMP FROM DRAGLINE & HE FELL ON HIS ARM CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NERVE ENDINGS

June 15, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WALKING ON DRAGLINE CATWALK AND REACHED FOR RAIL AND MISSED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND PULL MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

June 13, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPL WELDING PIPE WHEN HE WAS BURNED SLIGHTLY FROM SPARKS,IN THE EYES.

June 6, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING FLEX BASE, WHEN HIS TRUCK SLID INTO MUD AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. WHEN EMPLOYEE BRACED HIMSELF, HIS BODY HIT THE SIDE OF TRUCK CAUSING BRUISES.

May 28, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A HYDRAULIC HOSE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN THE FAN BLADE

May 15, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A D-9 DOZER AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON SIDE OF DOZER.

May 13, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER AND SLIPPED DUE TO OIL ON HIS HSOES. AFTER LANDING, HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

April 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Marock Inc · Struck against a moving object

ON 4-19 EE STATED TO FOREMAN THAT HE WAS HAVING SOME BACK TROUBLE DUE TO RUNNING THE LOADER ON AN INCLINE. ON 4-23 THE PAIN HAD WORSENED & HE HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.

April 15, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS THAT HOLD SHINS IN JAW ANS HIT HIS FINER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.

March 23, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Marock Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL STEPPED ON SMALL ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.

March 18, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marock Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE & 2 OTHER MEN CARRYING STEEL BEAM 2FTX6FTX3/4IN-ONE OF MEN DROPPED IS END & BEAM FELL ON INJURED MANS FOOT BREAKING IT THEY DID NOT THINK IT WAS BROKEN SO HE CONTINUED WORKING WHEN HE REMOVED BOOT PAIN INCREASED & FOOT SWELLED IT WAS BROKEN BY BEAM FALLING BEHIND STEEL TOE OF BOOT

February 16, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marock Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON MOTOR WRENCH SLIPPED & HIS FINGER HIT THE SIDE OF DRILL.

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