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March 26, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Texas Southern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKUP TRUCK GOT STUCK IN SAND. USED A COMEALONG AND CHAIN TO PULL TRUCK OUT. CHAIN LINK BROKE AND COMEALONG HIT EE IN THIGH. THIGH WAS BRUISED . NO IMPAIRMENT.

March 26, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Texas Southern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKUP TRUCK GOT STUCK IN SAND. USED A COMEALONG AND CHAIN TO PUL TRUCK OUT. CHAIN LINK BROKE AND COMEALONG HIT EE IN THIGH. THIGH WAS BRUISED. NO IMPAIRMENT.

July 8, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Southern Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING MAT BUILD UP ON CONVEYOR FRAME WHEN HIS GLOVE BECAME ENTAGLED WITH CONVEYOR BELT AND CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER. THE CONVEYOR BELT SCRADED SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF SKIN OFF TOP SIDE OF H IS LEFT HAND.

September 14, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Texas Southern Inc · Fall from machine

HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND SPRAYED OIL ON EXHAUST SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE STARTING THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SAW THE FIRE AND QUICKLY EXITED THE CAB OF THE MACHINE WITHOUT USING THE LADDER. HE JUMPED HE CRACKED HIS HEEL BONE. DAMAGE TO MACHINE WAS MINIMAL BECAUSE THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT RIGHT A WAY.

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