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October 13, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME REMOVING3NUT FROM AXLE WITH WRENCH AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM.

August 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS HELP3NG TO REPAIR A TANKER TRAILER THAT IS USED FOR WATERING OUR ROADS.HE WAS SQUATTED DOWN UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER AND HAD STARTED TO MOVE OUT FROM BENEATH THE TRAILER WHEN HE STRUC K HIS HEAD ON A3JAGGERED PIECE OF METAL THAT IS WELDED BENEATH THE TANKER TRAILER.HIS HEAD WAS CUT AND HAD TO HAVE MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM A DOCTOR.HE RECEIVED 5 SUTURES TO THE WOUNDED AREA.

August 21, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS ASS3STING ANOTHER WORKER WITH A TRUCK DRIVE SHAFT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO FIT THE DRIVE SHAFT BACK INTO THE TRUCK THE DRIVE SHAFT SLIPPED AND PINNED I.NAMES FINGER BETWEEN THE SHAF T AND THE GROND3

September 9, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

I.NAME IS OUT W5SHING PLANT MAINT. MAN. THE 8" LIGHTENING SAND PUMP HAD BECOME STOPPED UP. I.NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT THE SUCTION PIPE. THIS PROCESS HAD BEEN DONE MANY TIMES I N THE PAST WIT2OUT ANY SUCH INCIDENT. THE SAND PUMP HAD BUILT UP A BACK PRESSURE. AS HE WAS CLEANING THE SUCTION PIPE THE BACK PRESSURE BLEW OUT DUE TO A BUILD UP OF STEAM SAND & WATER.

May 5, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME MAINTAIN8 OUR WASHING PLANT HE WAS WORKING ON THE HOPPER AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED HE GRABBED A METAL OBJECT TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF THE HOPPER AND IN DOING SO STRAINED AND PULLED THE MUSC IN HIS LEFT SID9 IN THE RIB AREA

March 24, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A DRAGLINE. THE HOIST CABLE BROKE. WHEN THE CABLE CAME BACK INTO CAB WITH I.NAME STRIKING HIM ONT HE RIGHT HAND FRACTURING HIS THUMB. THE BROKEN CABLE ALSO BRUISED & SCRAT CHED HIS LEGS &3ARMS & LOWER BODY.

March 20, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS CHAN1ING A FLAT TIRE ON A PIT TRUCK AND HE DROPPED AN IMPACT WRENCH ON HIS RT BIG TOE

March 10, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS REPA3RING A 71B DRAGLINE. HE HAD DONWXX DONE SOME WELDING ON THE MACHINE AND WAS GRINDING SOME OF THE WELD DOWN. HE DID NOT HAVE ON SAFETY GLASSES AND SOME METAL GOT INTO HIS LEFT E YE FROM THE GRI3DER.

November 6, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME WAS HELPING WELD SOME METAL PIECES TOGETHER. HE WAS HOLDING THE METAL WHILE ANOTHER MAN WELDED THEM TOGETHER BY BEING ECXPOSED TO THE WELDER I.NAMES EYES WERE BURNED BY THE GLARE

August 17, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS WORKING ON A BULLDOZER ENGINE. HE LIFTED THE HEAD TO THE ENGINE STRAINING HIMSELF IN THE ABDOMEN RESULTING IN INGUINAL HERNIA

July 16, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REA & MUCH SHOVELING HE STRAINED HIS BACK BUT DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT INJURY INJURY BECAME WORSE & HE FINALLY REPORTED THE INJURY ON 092885AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO DOCTOR I.NAME WAS IN CHARGE OF RUNNING WASHING PLANT THIS INVOLES REMOVING LARGE BOULDERS FROM DUMPING AREA & MUCH SHOVELING HE STRAINED HIS BACK BUT DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE INJURY INJURY B

May 7, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS TRYING TO LIFT A SET OF HEAVY TANDEM WHEELS HE STRAINED AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK MUSCLES HE IS WORKING BUT HE IS RECEIVING TREATMENTS FOR HIS BACK

May 2, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS WORKING WITH A CUTTING TORCH ON A METAL SCREEN. A PIECE OF FRAGMENT METAL STUCK IN HIS EYE. HE DID NOT HAVE ON GOGGLES.

April 17, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER. HE HAD THE DOOR OPEN WHILE HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER & THE DOOR SUDDENLY CLOSED SHUT CATCHING HIS RT HAND IN THE DOOR.

April 11, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ON A TRANSMISSION JACK. THE JACK AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND I NAME TRIED TO BRACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH HIS SHOULDER TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING. THE TRNASMISSION FELL ON HIS RIGHT COLLAR BONE AND BROKE IT.

March 15, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS WORKING ON A SAND HOPPER HE WAS LIFTING HEAVY SHEET METAL AND SHOVELING SAND FROM AROUND THE HOPPER DUE TO THESE ACTIVITIES I.NAME STRAINED HIS BACK

March 12, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS WORKING ON A PIT TRUCK REMOVING SOME ELECTRICAL TAPE FROM SOME WIRES THE KNIFE THAT HE WAS USING TO CUT THE TAPE SLIPPED AND CUT FOOTHE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER

February 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME HELPING REPAIR DRAGLINE TRACK.PRY BAR SLIPPED AND TRACK FELL ON HIS HAND MASHING IT.FOREIGN BODY FOUND IN HAND AT DR OFFICE.CELLULITIS DIAGNOSED AND I.NAME ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.

February 12, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS MOVING A DRAGLINE DOWN A SAND PILE HE HAD THE DOOR OPEN ON THE DRAGLINE AS HE STARTED DOWN THE SAND PILE THE DOOR SLAMMED CLOSE AND I.NAME GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE DOOR HIS HAND WAS INJURED SEVERELY

January 14, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE DID NOT SEE A PIECE OF SHEET TIN THAT WAS PORTUDING FROM A STRUCTURE AND HE WALKED INTO THE TIN AND CUT HIS UPPER LIP.

November 15, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS MOVING SOME LARGE BOULDER TYPE ROCKS BY HAND AND HE SEVERELY STRAINED HIMSELF

September 19, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME TRIED TO PICK UP A HEAVY ROAD-GRADER BLADE BY HIMSELF

August 20, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS HELPING CHANGE A CABLE ON A 71B DRAGLINE. THE CABLE SUDDENLY BROKE FREE AND SOME PARTIALS OF RUST BECAME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

June 27, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK IN THE PIT AREA BEHIND ONE OF THE PIT TRUCKS PIT TRUCK HAD TO SLOW DOWN FOR THE ROAD GRADER AND I.NAME PANICKED THINKING HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO STOP AND JUMP ED FROM THE TRUCK INJURING HIMSELF BRAKES ON THE WATER TRUCK WERE IN WORKING ORDER

June 21, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME HAS BEEN LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS FOR 1 MO. MUSCLES IN SHOULDERS AND CHEST AREA HAVE BECOME INFLAMMED DUE TO OVEREXERTION.

May 10, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS PASSING A FRONT END LOADER ON THE HAUL ROAD. HE DROVE OFF SHOULDER OF ROAD & THE DUMP TRAILER CAME LOOSE FROM THE TRUCKS 5TH WHEEL. A PIECE OF IRON THAT WAS WELDED TO T HE TRAILEER CAME THRU THE BACK GLASS STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK OF THE EHAD. HE RECEIVED A WOUND TO T HE BACK OF THE HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES.

March 15, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPHENS WAS SETTING EQUIPMENT INTO PLACE & A SPRING BROKE FREE & HIT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. RIGHT FOOT WAS BADLY BRUISED.

December 12, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

MR FRIZZELLS TRUCK HAS BEEN LOADED AND HE WAS DRIVING TO THE WASHING PLANT AREA HE PROCEEDED TO MOVE OVER ON THE HAUL ROAD DUE TO TRAFFIC THE TRAILER BEHIND HIS TRUCK SLIDE OFF THE ROAD ONTO A SOFT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND THEN HIS TRUCK FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE

October 7, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS OPERATING A HIGH PRESSURE STEAM CLEANER. HE HAD HOOKED THE STEAM WAND IN HIS BELT AND ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE CONTROLS OF THE STEAMER. THE STEAM WAND JERKED FREE FROM HIS HAND AND THE WAND AND STEAM STRUCK HIM DIRECTLY IN HIS RIGHT EYE

September 24, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

MR RIDDLE WAS OPERATING THE ROAD GRADER HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP DOWN FROM THE GRADER AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT IMPROPERLY AND TURNED HIS ANKLE HIS ANKLE WAS BRUISED BADLY

August 22, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MR. JONES WAS DRIVING IN THE PIT AEA. A BUG OF UNKNOWN KIND FLEW INTO THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK & STUNG MR JONES ON HIS LOWER LIP CAUSING HIM TO BECOME ILL & SWELL BADLY IN THE FACIAL AREA.

August 17, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR WINGARD WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET DOWN FROM A FRONT END LOADER & HUNG HIS RING ON HIS LEFT HAND ON LOADER DOOR RING THEN CUT HIS THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND SEVERELY

July 18, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS REPAIRING A PULLEY FOR A DRAGLINE HE WAS WORKING WITH A HAMMER AND PUNCH A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF OF THE PULLEY AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM A FEW INCHES ABOVE HIS WRIST

April 6, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Lee Holsey Sand & Gravel Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MR YARBROUGH WAS CHANGING A FLAT TIRE ON TRK 87 HE STOOPED DOWN TO PICK UP THE AIR GUN AND BENT INCORRECTLY WHEN HE ROSE UP FROM THIS POSITION HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

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